Okay, I got questions.
First off, why the heck is this show so dang captivating when each episode is pretty much the same thing. Stick gross fishy junk in the pot, throw it in the water, complain about stuff, pull it out of the water and get rich. Oh, yeah and get hurt and icey cold. Drive the boat around, do it again. And again and again.
Okay, it could be the flu meds kicking in or the fact that I’ve just watched like 26 episodes in a row… but there is part of me that thinks, okay, why the heck am I watching this over and over and over. I mean, aside from the brief moment of mirth or silliness, it’s kinda like watching paint dry. I mean, it’s work. And we’re watching these dudes work over and over and over.
I keep waiting for like a whale to jump on deck, or maybe they catch something different in the pots… yeah… like oh, a dunno, a walrus. Something different. But nope, pretty much it’s crabs. Over and over.
Yet I watch.
And I like it, but I’m not sure why. Guess that’s why there are like 6 seasons of the things. I’m only just starting season 3. And please, I know, but don’t spoil the whole Capt’n Phil thing… I like him, and I know he’s gonna pass away but I don’t want to think about till it happens and I cry and all that. Yeah, cry, watching a show about crab fishing.
Yep.
Aside from my terrible balance and fear of heights and that kind of thing, I do believe that I could probably do that job now, since I’ve seen it done now ten thousand times. I think we should have these reality shows for all ttypes of work… though I imagine the accounting one could be a little dull… except for tax season, oh boy!
Okay, here’s the other question. SInce the legs are pretty much the only edible parts of the crabs, what do they do with the crab bodies? I mean when each ship is pulling in hundreds of thousands of pounds of crabbies… HALF of that is body and I wonder what the heck is it used for? Do they just dump it back in the sea? Do they grind it up for something? I found out enough to find that there isn’t much human editable food in the body of the crab, but still, I just can’t stop thinking about all that waste. Surely it goes to some sort of use… what?
Yeah, that’s me. Always pondering these odd ball things. Well, back to bed for a bit… I’m feeling a little blah and I just can’t wait to watch Season 3 and see 12 more hours of the same thing over and over again! Whoo hoooo!
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Now I think, but I don’t know for sure, because there are the crabs of the east coast like Dungeoness (sp) and Blue, but the body of the crab contains meat as well, canned as lump crabmeat. It is what people use to make fancy crab dishes, unlike me, who buys that weird stuff called immitation Krab. He he. It does make a pretty good cold pasta salad.
We all watch useless TV at certain times. It’s kinda like comfort food. I am into Andy Griffith. (You know, with Opie and “Ain’t” Bea, not as Matlock.) Shame on me, Billy the Exterminator has been seen flickering on my tube as well. I absolutely can’t stand bitchy model wannabees or Desperate Housewives From Everywhere, though. You gotta draw the line somewhere.
Haha… yeah, I think you’re right… Comfort TV. I can’t believe I watched like 36 episodes of the thing though in like 4 days. Ugh… hahaha… I mean, I think you’re right, I probably dozed through half or more, would wake up and just start over where ever they were at… baiting, dumping, complaining, and hauling it up to start over again. HAHA…
Wait for the irony….they grind up the “junk parts” of the crab to make……fish food. Saw it on discovery channel when I was 6 years old.
Ahhhh…. I kinda figured they did something with it all. Would seem to be a waste if not. I thought maybe for fertilizer? Or cattle feed? After all every yucky junky leftover thing seems to go into cattle feed… yum.