One of Ernie and Bert's best-known and best-loved sequences. I wonder how many kids believed this or tried this out.
I think my sister and I tried it at least once or twice, and one celebrity (can't recall her name) mentioned during Sesame Street's 50-year anniversary that she actually believed this for several years when she was a kid. "And for, like, five years, I thought that was how you caught fish!"
I hardly ever fished growing up, but I do remember fishing at least once with my grandpa. I definitely remember what it was like cleaning a fish. Ugh, the sight and smell were horrendous.
Today, I sort of like seafood, provided it's already been cleaned out and cut up into neat little pieces and it's not staring back at me. I definitely love shrimp (though my mom hates it) and I've tried lobster and crab once, maybe twice. I do recall eating salmon and enjoying it very much. Every once in a blue moon, I'll order fish and chips if it's on the menu.
Back when I worked in a deli, there was a seafood section next to us and we lent each other a hand from time to time. I was always a bit squeamish about handling the oysters.
I guess it all depends on what you're used to. If you're more exposed to that stuff, it's not a big deal. But since I've been less exposed throughout my life, it's a slightly bigger deal for me.
In my books, fauns are omnivores and have no trouble eating meat, but it's fish they eat most often. Malachi loves fish and Joanna can prepare a very tasty fish dish. Cecily, having grown up by the ocean, will eat any kind of seafood at any time and can easily clean and cook a fish by herself, as can everyone else in her family.
Even Beowulf likes fish, though he's obviously had to eat them raw and wriggling most of the time. A beautifully fried fish with a bunch of big, lovely, golden chips will win him over in an instant.
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