Around Azeroth: Crab people! Crab people!
I was all set to write this article in an Eric Cartman voice ("No, lobster! This is MAH Jacuzzi, lobster!") when Alex Ziebart linked me this fascinating yet horrifying web site. Apparently, crabs are ultra-communicative family men, finding burrows to protect their females and their eggs, while lobsters are immortal, loner cannibals. Seriously! Lobsters eat each other in captivity, and they cannot die of old age. Instead, they actually grow stronger and more fertile as they get older.
No wonder lobster is so expensive -- eating lobster is like being the Highlander. And that is why Red Lobster is a place you take your girlfriend for dinner, while Red Crab sounds like something your girlfriend will dump you for giving her. (Thanks to Mojo for the screenshot.)
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No wonder lobster is so expensive -- eating lobster is like being the Highlander. And that is why Red Lobster is a place you take your girlfriend for dinner, while Red Crab sounds like something your girlfriend will dump you for giving her. (Thanks to Mojo for the screenshot.)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Drakkenfyre Feb 23rd 2011 11:23PM
Something has to be seriously done about the screenshots. Seeing the one on the right will take you to it's page, but clicking back to post will take you to one two days in advanced.
Ice Feb 24th 2011 10:28AM
If this is what future looks like, I'll get back to bed.
Fadmin Feb 25th 2011 10:14AM
"Look like people, taste like crab. Crab people."
Fadmin Feb 25th 2011 10:55AM
"Taste like crab, talks like people."
Too many years since that episode.....
Kinka Feb 25th 2011 10:33AM
At first I would have been inclined to support team lobster due to the socialization and familial relationships. Now I support lobsters for the lack of those very things.
I realized at heart */sunglasses* that I am a lobster. */rides motorcycle into distance*
John Feb 25th 2011 10:37AM
Fun fact: Before about WW2, lobster was considered a poor man's food fed to prisoners and canned & marketed as a low-cost protein sort of like SPAM.
http://www.lobsterhelp.com/lobster-history.html
Drakkenfyre Feb 25th 2011 10:50AM
Way, way back in the day, lobster was considered a relative of the spider, and some indentured servants on sailing ships would have it written into their contract they wouldn't be fed it more than three times a week.
Drakkenfyre Feb 25th 2011 10:52AM
And of course, as soon as I say that, I click the link, and it's right there in the beginning.
Kunikenwad! Feb 25th 2011 10:40AM
I saw Crab People and couldn't stop singing the hilarious Cat People sendup that Baby Cakes (aka Brad Neely) did. If I can't stop singing it, well neither should you.
(Mildly NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APrBdP0bBJM
Jusader Feb 25th 2011 10:51AM
"No kitty! This is my pot pie!"
Brodi Feb 25th 2011 10:54AM
Things that are biologically immortal are terrifying. That is why we must eat them: To cull them and prevent them from taking over the world in our stead.
Kunikenwad! Feb 25th 2011 11:01AM
I see now that the Highlander series of movies and shows was really just preparing us for the frightening reality of being overrun by immortal lobster warriors who duel each other on mountain tops. There can be only one ... lobster.
Thomas Higgins Feb 25th 2011 11:37AM
That would be fun to watch. As long as one of them speaks with a mangled French/Scottish accent.
Arbolamante Feb 25th 2011 11:12AM
The oceans are vast. Somewhere out there is a giant, ancient lobster, quietly biding his time....and soon to be featured in a Michael Bay movie!
neoterous Feb 25th 2011 2:21PM
Apparently lobster is so delicious that even other lobsters can't resist the taste.
Marcosius Feb 25th 2011 2:30PM
ARE YOU CRAZY THOSE CLAWS COULD RIP A TANK APART! RRRGHHH RAAAHH CRAB BATTLE! CRAB BATTLE!!