Perch

When asked about the best moment of his presidency, President Bush responded that it was when he caught a 7.5 pound perch in his lake at the Crawford ranch. The problem? (If that response wasn't one already.) The largest perch ever caught was under 5 pounds. As Bill Maher said on his show last Friday, "He lied about a fish, during a time of war."


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Submitted by crazymonk on Sun, 05/14/2006 - 7:06pm.

Maybe he had his lake stocked with those Nile Perches, the record Nile Perch was over 213 pounds. Although if that's the case, it would make his 7 pound catch pretty lame.

Ingen Angiven | Sun, 05/14/2006 - 7:10pm

Exactly. Either way, it's a pretty sad "best moment."

crazymonk | Sun, 05/14/2006 - 7:13pm

more importantly, i think more people should know that there are 6 pound goldfish swimming around.

nach | Sun, 05/14/2006 - 8:41pm

You're telling me you're not worried about this 213 pound perch? I'm petrified.

Here's a picture of one and here's another... jeebus.

Ingen Angiven | Sun, 05/14/2006 - 9:00pm

Oh, wait, that was in a German magazine/newspaper. Here's the official english translation:

"The best moment of my Presidency was when we finally caught up to the big fish in Iraq, Saddam Hussein. Our brave troops had been perched to get him for months and sprang on him like frogs into my lake."

I didn't make that up, copied it from CrazyMonk's link, but I liked it.

Ingen Angiven | Mon, 05/15/2006 - 5:38am
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