Do you know what's a weird brand name? Chicken of the Sea. But it's not chicken at all. It's various canned seafood products. So why do they call it chicken? Isn't that weird?

Seems like I saw something about that the other day. I think Bill Maher was making fun of Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson about being confused about that product........

I'd put money on Brittney Spears since she could probably at least wonder why a chicken would be in the sea. Jessica Simpson would have to know about the existence of both the chicken and the sea, which is something that I'm just not willing to bet on.

K, not making fun of you Jamiecarroll,
but i found the dialog on that subject,


MAHER: She’s – no, she’s a bimbo, just the way Jessica Simpson is. I want to show you – I’ve been trying to decide who was the biggest bimbo of the week. Look at this Jessica Simpson quote here. She was on her show, which is about her newlywed – she was looking at a can of Chicken of the Sea tuna – she said, “Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it’s tuna, but it says ‘Chicken by the sea.’” [laughter]

KRISTOL: Understandable confusion.

MAHER: This is the week kids go back to school, okay. This is education in America. [laughter] Now, I just want to ask this panel, which is stupider, that quote – and here’s Britney with Tucker Carlson, saying, “Honestly, I think we should just trust our President in every decision in every decision he makes.” What a rotten message for teenagers! ‘Be sheep!’

So WHY do they call it "Chicken of the Sea"? Tuna (or salmon, or imitation crab meat) does NOT taste like chicken.

yes, it was definitely jessica. and it was so amazing. that show is rivaling the osbournes, i swear. in almost every episode, they do a montage of every complaint that jessica made doing one activity. for example, they went golfing. the montage sounded something like this: "i have to pee! it hurts my hand. my arm hurts. my arm gets in the way! im bored. this is boring. i cant do it. my hand hurts really badly! i have to pee sooo bad. its hot. i dont know how. this hurts. i dont want to do this. god i have to pee."

they went camping, and they had the "bear bins" to keep all of their food and shampoo stuff in so the bears wouldnt come into the tents. jessica forgot and left her shampoo in her purse in the tent. no bears came in the tent, but she realized it the next morning and thought it was the funniest thing EVER.

also, did anyone else read the britney interview in the new rolling stone? damn. shes retarded.

on a related note

Yes. To me she came off like a total bitch, and seemed really hardened and bitter about her life.

and retarded.

I believe it's called chicken of the sea mainly because it's not quite as "fishy" as other products such as salmon, or sardines.

this is quite untrue. tuna is one of the "fishiest" fish that you can eat, unless you have it sushi grade. canned tuna is the quintessential "fishy" food. salmon isnt even that "fishy" because it has a completely different flavor from most fish and an unobtrusive aroma. sardines arent typically just eaten. they are used as salt in traditional italian foods. no one eats sardines off a plate.

i think that it is called chicken of the sea because of how common, plentiful, and versatile canned tuna can be.

That is also untrue. It's called chicken of the sea because tuna fish are huge pussies. They'll swim away from anything, whether it be bigger or smaller than the tuna. Hence, it's the chicken of the sea.

So here's my thoughts......i think chicken and tuna can be classified closely together. both are considered to be pretty "normal" white meat products. Both meat products are considered more "healthy" meat products and are both very high in protein. I dont think the company would have like to call thier tuna "cow of the sea" or even "turkey of the sea".....that just wouldnt make any sense due to how far apart you really do classify white and red meat products. When u think of salad sandwiches the first things that come to mind are "tuna salad", or "chicken salad".....so, i guess, i believe that tuna and chicken run hand in hand, and those entrepreneurs in the 1950s just played off of the comparison......I may be way off.....thats just what ive thought about it

canned salmon is forever more much stinkier and fishier than tuna... I not a huge fan of fish. I like some white cod, long john silver's menu, etc., and I like some Starkist, but keep me away from that canned salmon. It's fucking disgusting. and since I have an aversion to canned salmon, I'll probably never have any "real" salmon when out at a restaurant either.

And I know plenty of people that eat sardines in mustard sauce on a regular basis. Sometimes, with crackers.

You're missing out, man. Mmmmmm...salmon.

sounds like you and your friends need some class.

(Edited by stopforme at 5:40 pm on Sep. 20, 2003)

yeah, we do.

OKAY! so im watching newlyweds, and jessica simpson was just offered buffalo wings, and she said, "no, i dont eat buffalo." and nick and the rest just kind of laughed because they werent sure if she was joking or not... and she was like, "what?" and you could see the fear in her husbands eyes that she was truly confused. he said, "honey, you know it isnt really buffalo, right?" and she said, "well then what is it?" and they told her... and she was like, "well why do they call it that?" someone tried to explain... then another person said, "havent you ever wondered why buffalos dont have wings?" and she said, "well ive never seen one before..."

and then! they are in the bahamas, about to swin with dolphins. she screams out of fear just at the sight of them through the aquarium. she says, "im afraid of fish!" and nicks brother says, "theyre not fish, theyre mammals." she says, "im afraid of mammals!"

later, in review of her trip, she explains how she got over many of her fears: heights, deep water, and dolphins.

this girl has serious issues with animals/nomenclature/retardation.

I am so glad that someone posted about the buffalo wings incident because I was definitely going to have to bring that up. This was the first episode that I seriously sat down and watched, and I was not disappointed. What is her deal? Really? The sad thing is, I went to high school with about 200 of these things...

I also liked how the girl only wanted Jessica's autograph and totally dissed those 98 Degrees wankers. Ah, and Jessica Simpson intoxicated is just hilarious. I hope I can catch a marathon of this show soon...

Oh my goodness! She knows no limit!

I watched the golf episode and the grandmother's wedding episode tonight with my sisters. They refused to believe that Jessica Simpson wasn't acting.

I love the footage of her in the studio.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 1:15 am on Sep. 24, 2003)

Nope, believe it. Uglyapeman, mark bond, another guy, and myself, went out on Jessica's Dreamchaser tour. She really is that- selfish, spoiled, short, and supple- meaning her boobies really do bounce around like when she was putting on the wetsuit. They're quite firm, too. Believe me, I know.

yeah, i love this show too. my roommate and i decided that we would love to have jessica come and live with us so we can take joy from the back to back smartass comments we could answer her back to back dumbass remarks with. i would reccommend this show to anyone.

"...but, baby!"

oh, man. i can't belive they let people like her out of the house. i missed the britanny interview. can i get a few of the highlights?

I believe she actually stole this tactic from Damon...

i knew it sounded familiar... do you think she stole the "i'm trying to wiggle into this wetsuit but my giant breasts prevent me from doing so" tactic from him to? hmmm...

no, i think that one was charlotte's...