Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 I was watching an episode of ER, and a character was inquiring what a vegan was. The response was " nothing but the fish " . " They have nothing to do with the animal. " Or something like that. Does this make sense? Please educate me on the matter (the fish comment I mean). Also, I believe it is Dawn who has a tag line that reads " regards to the fish " . I know what a vegan is, however this fish thingy is confusing me. Perhaps I misheard the quote that was on tv. bleh. Shawn " If, at first, you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment. " " If, at first, you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. " " The last four letters in " American " spell out " I Can " . " " Everything's ok in the end, if it's not ok, it's not the end. " _______________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 LisA Green does the " fish " thingie... _- MatrixenO -_ [matrixeno] Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:35 PM " Nothing but the fish " ? I was watching an episode of ER, and a character was inquiring what a vegan was. The response was " nothing but the fish " . " They have nothing to do with the animal. " Or something like that. Does this make sense? Please educate me on the matter (the fish comment I mean). Also, I believe it is Dawn who has a tag line that reads " regards to the fish " . I know what a vegan is, however this fish thingy is confusing me. Perhaps I misheard the quote that was on tv. bleh. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 At 11:35 PM 2/11/2003 -0600, _- MatrixenO -_ wrote: >I was watching an episode of ER, and a character was inquiring what a vegan >was. The response was " nothing but the fish " . " They have nothing to do >with the animal. " Or something like that. Does this make sense? .... No. A vegan diet excludes *all* animal (including dairy, egg and honey) products. See http://www.ivu.org/faq/definitions.html From http://www.wordreference.com/english/definition.asp?en=vegetarianism vegetarianism: n. the principle or practice of excluding all meat and fish, and sometimes, in the case of vegans, all animal products (such as eggs, cheese, etc.) from one's diet From Merriam-Webster http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary Main Entry: vegetarian Function: adjective 1849 1 : of or relating to vegetarians 2 : consisting wholly of vegetables , fruits, and sometimes eggs or dairy products <a vegetarian diet> *************** If the term " vegetarian " is prefaced by " ovo " (egg) or " lacto " (milk) or both, then those products are included in that diet. The term " pesco-vegetarian " is an oxymoron because it implies that a diet which includes fish can be vegetarian. Anna posted earlier that the term for this is " pescetarian " , which makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 i trust dictionaries as much as i trust the average north american to know what capitalism really is... he he he.. now let's go set stuff on fire... sigh. ive yet to see a north american based dictionary with a proper definition of anarchism. but i havent really looked online yet. , " N. Braswell " <meritra@c...> wrote: > At 11:35 PM 2/11/2003 -0600, _- MatrixenO -_ wrote: > > >I was watching an episode of ER, and a character was inquiring what a vegan > >was. The response was " nothing but the fish " . " They have nothing to do > >with the animal. " Or something like that. Does this make sense? > ... > > No. A vegan diet excludes *all* animal (including dairy, egg and honey) products. > See http://www.ivu.org/faq/definitions.html > > From http://www.wordreference.com/english/definition.asp? en=vegetarianism > > vegetarianism: n. the principle or practice of excluding all meat and fish, and sometimes, in the case of vegans, all animal products (such as eggs, cheese, etc.) from one's diet > > From Merriam-Webster http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary > > Main Entry: vegetarian > Function: adjective > 1849 > 1 : of or relating to vegetarians > 2 : consisting wholly of vegetables , fruits, and sometimes eggs or dairy products <a vegetarian diet> > > *************** > > If the term " vegetarian " is prefaced by " ovo " (egg) or " lacto " (milk) or both, then those products are included in that diet. The term " pesco-vegetarian " is an oxymoron because it implies that a diet which includes fish can be vegetarian. Anna posted earlier that the term for this is " pescetarian " , which makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 Actually the answer he gave was " nothing with a face and nothing that comes from it. " I'm an ER junkie. So I wanted to know just how much research they would put into that answer. They did pretty good. I would have to disagree about the fact that most vegans eat sea food. I also belong to a vegan online group. Population, extremely large. The mere thought of honey raises a brow. My son doesn't know the term vegan. He thinks that vegetarian means not harming animals for anything. Not to put in your body or on your body. Send Flowers for Valentine's Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 Thanks Sonya (from one ER junkie to another). So, I was right, I misheard the comment. Sad, considering I rewound it once to double-check. I blame it on the Iron Maiden/Anthrax concert. Third row in front of the speakers. Never again! Those were the days. rrrrrringgggggg, Shawn " If, at first, you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment. " " If, at first, you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. " " The last four letters in " American " spell out " I Can " . " " Everything's ok in the end, if it's not ok, it's not the end. " ----Original Message Follows---- Sonya Parker <spjparker Re: " Nothing but the fish " ? Wed, 12 Feb 2003 14:52:25 -0800 (PST) Actually the answer he gave was " nothing with a face and nothing that comes from it. " I'm an ER junkie. So I wanted to know just how much research they would put into that answer. They did pretty good. I would have to disagree about the fact that most vegans eat sea food. I also belong to a vegan online group. Population, extremely large. The mere thought of honey raises a brow. My son doesn't know the term vegan. He thinks that vegetarian means not harming animals for anything. Not to put in your body or on your body. Send Flowers for Valentine's Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, _- MatrixenO -_ wrote: > I was watching an episode of ER, and a character was inquiring what a vegan > was. The response was " nothing but the fish " . " They have nothing to do > with the animal. " Or something like that. Does this make sense? Please > educate me on the matter (the fish comment I mean). Also, I believe it is > Dawn who has a tag line that reads " regards to the fish " . I know what a > vegan is, however this fish thingy is confusing me. Perhaps I misheard the > quote that was on tv. bleh. Nup sorry Shawn, it's me who signs " Regards to the fish " and the reason is that everyone seems to forget about fish & assume that veg*ans eat it, they were even trying to exclude fish from our state animal welfare act as well which isn't fair. (btw it's not a Hitchhiker's reference the last words said by the dolphins was " So long & thanks for all the fish " which is more than a little different). It seems very odd that anyone who would identify themselves as vegetarian or vegan would eat fish products. It's sea life, not sea food and a contridiction in terms if you were to be a vegetarian or vegan and eat fish as both definitions have always excluded using fish meat (despite what the wider community may think). Regards to the fish, LisA ICQ#: 15562604 *** www.gu.uwa.edu.au/clubs/vegies *** " I think---therefore I'm single... " -Lizz Winstead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 Hi Lisa, Sorry about that, names and my memory are always at conflict. Anywho, I like your explanation as to your sign. A reminder of sorts. This case of mine has been pending for awhile now. Now I can officially say " Case Closed " . Thanks Shawn " If, at first, you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment. " " If, at first, you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. " " The last four letters in " American " spell out " I Can " . " " Everything's ok in the end, if it's not ok, it's not the end. " ----Original Message Follows---- Lisa Green <moonbug Re: " Nothing but the fish " ? Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:42:39 +0800 (WST) On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, _- MatrixenO -_ wrote: > I was watching an episode of ER, and a character was inquiring what a vegan > was. The response was " nothing but the fish " . " They have nothing to do > with the animal. " Or something like that. Does this make sense? Please > educate me on the matter (the fish comment I mean). Also, I believe it is > Dawn who has a tag line that reads " regards to the fish " . I know what a > vegan is, however this fish thingy is confusing me. Perhaps I misheard the > quote that was on tv. bleh. Nup sorry Shawn, it's me who signs " Regards to the fish " and the reason is that everyone seems to forget about fish & assume that veg*ans eat it, they were even trying to exclude fish from our state animal welfare act as well which isn't fair. (btw it's not a Hitchhiker's reference the last words said by the dolphins was " So long & thanks for all the fish " which is more than a little different). It seems very odd that anyone who would identify themselves as vegetarian or vegan would eat fish products. It's sea life, not sea food and a contridiction in terms if you were to be a vegetarian or vegan and eat fish as both definitions have always excluded using fish meat (despite what the wider community may think). Regards to the fish, LisA ICQ#: 15562604 *** www.gu.uwa.edu.au/clubs/vegies *** " I think---therefore I'm single... " -Lizz Winstead _______________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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