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January 09, 2009
PeTA: Let's Call Fish "Sea Kittens," So That People Won't Want to Eat Them
I don't know if that's going to work. Because I just got a hankering for baked kitten with a mustard-and-rosemary rub.
They had a lot of meetings to come up with "sea kittens." They played around with various possibilities, trying for cuteness, and also trying to enlist fellow liberals to take their pet (ahem) cause more seriously.
PeTA's Top Ten Rejected New Names for Fish
10. "Marine gerbils"
9. "Fish of Color"
8. "Aquatic Chipmunks"
7. "Honorary Maritime Palestinians"
6. "Ocean-Based Independent Book and Record Store Owners, Who Desperately Need Our Help to Stay Viable Given the Predatory Corporate Media Distribution Regime and Also, Given Large Predatory Commercial Fishing Nets"
5. "Undocumented Dolphins"
4. "Aquabunnies"
3. "Ichthysexuals"
2. "Sea Vaginas"
and the Number One Rejected New PeTA Name for Fish...
1. Plucky Little "Obamanauts"