The Origin of Trout Bobbing

engmajor2005 · 01-18-2007, 05:50 PM

"Blue Collar" comedian Bill Engval hosts a show on CMT called Country Fried Home Videos. It's basically America's Funniest Home Videos with a Focus on the South. The show proves that, if nothing else, rednecks are creative.

And part of that creativity was displayed yesterday with the game of trout bobbing. It is exactly what it sounds like: an aquarium full of trout that a bunch of shirtless guys stick their head into and try to snag a fish with their teeth.

Despite being inhuman and cruel, the origin of this game is piece of humor writing waiting to happen.

alleycat · 01-19-2007, 02:13 PM

Ha! I'm not impressed. If that was a real redneck show, they would be bobbing for catfish.

engmajor2005 · 01-19-2007, 09:31 PM

Not only that, but said bobbers would all be cousins, and they would be trying to impress a girl named Ellie-Maye with their fish-bobbing skills.

And it just so happens that Ellie-Maye is also their cousin.

arrowqueen · 01-20-2007, 03:26 AM

And it would be more humane because they wouldn't have any teeth.

msQTpi · 01-20-2007, 02:18 PM

Hey! My toothless husband loves nothing better than "grabbling" --catching catfish with his bare hands.

The only way to make it more "sporting" would be to give the fish a handgun and teach them to use it.

Unfortunately fish are lousy students.

(I LOVE MY HUSBAND)

CBeasy · 01-21-2007, 01:20 AM

So....what's the game here? Are we trying to make up redneck games?

01-18-2007, 05:50 PM	#1
engmajor2005 practical experience, FTW Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Goldsboro, NC Posts: 486	The Origin of Trout Bobbing "Blue Collar" comedian Bill Engval hosts a show on CMT called Country Fried Home Videos. It's basically America's Funniest Home Videos with a Focus on the South. The show proves that, if nothing else, rednecks are creative. And part of that creativity was displayed yesterday with the game of trout bobbing. It is exactly what it sounds like: an aquarium full of trout that a bunch of shirtless guys stick their head into and try to snag a fish with their teeth. Despite being inhuman and cruel, the origin of this game is piece of humor writing waiting to happen. __________________ Being a genre fiction writer's cool, because people either love you or hate you...or think you're okay.

01-19-2007, 02:13 PM	#2
alleycat Hey, look at me! AW Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 51,404	Ha! I'm not impressed. If that was a real redneck show, they would be bobbing for catfish. __________________ . It is a curious feature of our existence that we come from a planet that is very good at promoting life, but even better at extinguishing it. -Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

01-19-2007, 09:31 PM	#3
engmajor2005 practical experience, FTW Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Goldsboro, NC Posts: 486	Not only that, but said bobbers would all be cousins, and they would be trying to impress a girl named Ellie-Maye with their fish-bobbing skills. And it just so happens that Ellie-Maye is also their cousin. __________________ Being a genre fiction writer's cool, because people either love you or hate you...or think you're okay.

01-20-2007, 03:26 AM	#4
arrowqueen RIP, our sarky besom Requiescat In Pace Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 2,653	And it would be more humane because they wouldn't have any teeth. __________________ Rejection is Nature's way of telling you to write better.

01-20-2007, 02:18 PM	#5
msQTpi practical experience, FTW Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: GA Posts: 165	Hey! My toothless husband loves nothing better than "grabbling" --catching catfish with his bare hands. The only way to make it more "sporting" would be to give the fish a handgun and teach them to use it. Unfortunately fish are lousy students. (I LOVE MY HUSBAND) __________________ Website: http://TrailerParkGazette.bravehost.com Blog: http://reneebarnes.bravejournal.com/ Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/trish_trailer_park_queen Trailer Park Gazette:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TRAILER_PARK_GAZETTE/

01-21-2007, 01:20 AM	#6
CBeasy I'm back baby! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Altamonte Springs, FL Posts: 575	So....what's the game here? Are we trying to make up redneck games? __________________ "CBeasy is confident his abilities and talents as a man will leave a woman breathless, or running in the opposite direction." - TrainofThought Lady Jay has a two drink minimum........and then you should probably buy yourself a little something to drink as well. The Book of Faces Bird Sounds

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