the fish in the pot

[Babs]

Alright, no googling. Does anybody know who the fish in the pot is?

[Uncle Ted]

Alright, no googling. Does anybody know who the fish in the pot is?

Fish in pot? Maybe you have been hanging out with too many of those modern liberals in Austin. You need to find some good libertarian friends.

[TripletDaddy]

sounds like Vietnamese food to me.

[Surfah]

Cat in the Hat?

[FN Phat]

Didn't Justin Timberlake make a Christmas video about this?

[hostile]

Cat in the Hat?

This is what I was thinking.

[Babs]

Cat in the Hat?

yes. The fish in the pot - the kosmic killjoy of the Cat in the Hat books, known for such rants as:

'No, No,
Make that cat go away!
Tell that Cat in the Hat
you do NOT want to play!
He should not be here,
he should not be about,
he should not be here
when your mother is out!'

and

'No! Not in the house!'
said the fish in the pot.
'They should not fly kites
in a house! They should not!
Oh, the things they will bump!
Oh, the things they will hit!
Oh, I do not like this,
not one little bit!'

So, anyway, last night I'm reading the Cat in the Hat with my son (who is far too old for Dr. Seuss, but we revisit it sometimes for fun). Jeff turns to me and says, thoughtfully, "You know mom, sometimes you're a lot like the fish in the pot."

[New Mexican Disaster]

yes. The fish in the pot - the kosmic killjoy of the Cat in the Hat books

Jeff turns to me and says, thoughtfully, "You know mom, sometimes you're a lot like the fish in the pot."

I believe his name is Carlos K. Crinklebein. My daughter and I used to watch the cartoon version of this over and over and over together. Best cartoon of all time.