Delores episode

I love this group - wish I had found it sooner.

I have a question about the 'Delores' episode. You know, where Jerry has this girlfriend, but doesn't know her first name ? (Like I have to explain it to this group !)

Early in the show, Jerry is explaining this to George, and says her name "has something to do with a car or a fish" (not an exact quote, but something along those lines). I can guess the car reference is to a DeLorean (spelling ?). But fish ? What is the connection ? (I can come up with an idea, but its a little crude.)

Thanks.

Dave

"Dave Meyer" wrote in message news:[email]...

it's a red herring

Ozmodiar wrote in message ...

Is it an old.. room temperature red herring????

homerr.. bachelor#3 [welcome Dave.. I can see already that you'll fit in just fine]

"Ozmodiar" writes:

What's a red herring?

Benjamin Rutt wrote in message ...

SCHWINGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!

There goes one now....

"homerr..2K" writes:

No, I mean, what does `red herring' mean? ;)

Benjamin Rutt wrote in message ...

A "red herring" is something used to distract attention from the real issue..

Diverting a discussion of the worldwide oil reserves into a catfight about the fuel efficiency of Ford vs. Chevy would be a 'red herring'.

I'm sure there are more/better examples, but I haven't had dinner yet and I did want to keep Clinton out of it.

homerr.. bachelor#3

"homerr..2K" writes:

That's a good definition.

I guess I failed in my first attempt to communicate in SeinLanguage (think "ironic" from the Subway episode).

"homerr..2K" writes:

According to Encarta Online.. notice how we don't use 'books' anymore??

red herring [15th century]

fleeing criminals frequently dragged a red herring across their trail to confuse pursuing dogs.

[diversion.. ] homerr.. bachelor#3

Benjamin Rutt

Try this:

http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorr.htm

What does a smiley mean at the end of a question such as this?

Interesting site.

They put the smiley there because they wanted the readers to realise they were creating a parody of Elaine's encounter with a lesbian woman in 'The Subway' where the woman doesn't know what the word 'ironic' means.

"Maranelloman" writes:

Finally someone got it! I need to make my references to episodes a little more lucid next time.

I don't think the woman Elaine encountered was actually a lesbian though.

Benjamin Rutt wrote in message ...

"Look away.. I'm hideous"!

[not that there's anything wrong with that]

homerr.. bachelor#3 ;-)

I just love that quote ;)

/nico

" I can come up with an idea, but its a little crude."

And there's your answer.

Dave Meyer wrote in message news:[email]...