Herring

bilby commented on the list herring

What's this list about?

April 26, 2011

ruzuzu commented on the list herring

I dunno... I just woke up this morning and thought, "Herring. Yes. Today's the day I'll make a list about herring."

April 26, 2011

bilby commented on the list herring

WHAT'S THIS LIST ABOUT?

April 26, 2011

PossibleUnderscore commented on the list herring

Spontaneity of life.

How about

?

It pretty much sums up what I see in this list. No red-herrings about that. Sorry about the language though.

; )

April 26, 2011

ruzuzu commented on the list herring

Thank you, Possible. Do we really live in a world where making a list about herring causes the lister's motives to be questioned? Bilby, why do you hate freedom?

April 26, 2011

bilby commented on the list herring

Oh, sorry. I'm just a bit hard of herring.

*chortlechortlechortlethighslap*

April 26, 2011

ruzuzu commented on the list herring

*snort*

April 26, 2011

reesetee commented on the list herring

Heehee! Saw that setup coming, but I still didn't figure it out. :-)

April 26, 2011

Prolagus commented on the list herring

I thought this was a list of words whose definition contains the word "herring".

April 26, 2011

ruzuzu commented on the list herring

Maybe that's what you're meant to think.

April 26, 2011

PossibleUnderscore commented on the list herring

Hey! Did Vanderpink's secrecy rub off on you?

Edit: Not that I'm blaming you of course, with the backdrop of 'Identify the Wordienik'.

April 26, 2011

ruzuzu commented on the list herring

Well, I think Vanderpink did make me a job offer--I'd bet a red herring list could be a good addition to my c.v. (not that I'd ever take her up on that offer).

*cough, cough*

*begins to wonder whether Vanderpink offers decent health insurance*

April 27, 2011

deinonychus commented on the list herring

In this blog post about bioluminescence, they quote The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald:

"An idiosyncrasy peculiar to the herring is that, when dead, it begins to glow; this property, which resembles phosphorescence and is yet altogether different, peaks a few days after death and then ebbs away as the fish decays. For a long time no one could account for this glowing of the lifeless herring, and indeed I believe that it still remains unexplained. Around 1870, when projects for the total illumination of our cities were everywhere afoot, two English scientists with the apt names of Herrington and Lightbown investigated the unusual phenomenon in the hope that the luminous substance exuded by dead herrings would lead to a formula for an organic source of light that had the capacity to regenerate itself. The failure of this eccentric undertaking, as I read some time ago in a history of artificial light, constituted no more than a negligible setback in the relentless conquest of darkness."

I have a feeling that the dead herring is somehow related to the (more famous) red herring.

September 26, 2012

fbharjo commented on the list herring

and then there's dread herring..... a clue too smelly to follow!.... that my two scents (shiny pennies-coppertop) worth?

September 27, 2012

deinonychus commented on the list herring

Or maybe a LED herring (glowing stonger than the dead herring)?

September 27, 2012

kalayzich commented on the list herring

1891 N. Gould Double Event 117 (Farmer) People jammed inside like herrings in a barrel.

October 19, 2012

hernesheir commented on the list herring

added buckling.

February 11, 2013

hernesheir commented on the list herring

Glasgow magistrate: A herring, after the practice of sending specimen herrings to the Baillie of Glasgow. - Hyamson's "Dictionionary of English Phrases".

August 21, 2014