Originally Posted By metalfox50 Hi there. Ariel here. I am curious of why Captain Hook gets so angry if one calls him "Codfish". I playfully teased him of it last month. He bacame very angry and chased me. He caught me and then warned me not to ever,ever call him that again. And if I did, he would make me walk the plank! It has been a long time since I have seen any Peter Pan movies. I would like for someone to please kindly explain Mr. Hook's issue with being called "Codfish" I am just curious of this matter. Thanks! Love,Ariel
Originally Posted By JohnS1 Oh, it's cod-FISH he doesn't like being called? I always thought it was Cod-PIECE, and I understood completely why he wouldn't like that!
Originally Posted By basil fan I wouldn't like being called a codfish... Beyond Experiment 626 <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/stitch.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/stitch.html</a>
Originally Posted By mawnck When Peter calls Hook a codfish, it just about causes a mutiny with the rest of the crew. "You mean all this time we've been taking orders from a codfish?"
Originally Posted By DlandDug Two possibilities come to mind. Codfish was often heavily salted and carried on ocean voyages. If fresh fish was not available, the crew would be forced to rely on the increasingly unpleasant salted codfish for meals. So calling Hook a codfish could be saying he's smelly, dried out, and unpleasant. Codfish as an insult goes back a long way. In middle English the word "cod" also meant bag or sack. By innuendo, it was then applied to a specific part of the male anatomy (hence "codpiece" for the prominent bulge affixed to the front of men's trousers). Calling Hook a codfish could therefore be a euphemism for something I can't really say here!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros For what it's worth, near the beginning of Mary Poppins (right after she slides up the railing) Michael stands there with his mouth agape. Mary then says "Close your mouth, Michael, we are not a cod fish." I don't know what that means either, but it seemed worth mentioning.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Calling him cod is rather odd It's childish, rude and dumb. If you really want to open a kettle of fish Try calling ol' Cap'n Hook CHUM!
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>...Michael stands there with his mouth agape. Mary then says "Close your mouth, Michael, we are not a cod fish." I don't know what that means either, but it seemed worth mentioning.<< Salted cod was a staple in Victorian England. The whole fish was sold, and had a prominently gaping mouth. Michael's gape-mouthed reaction led Mary to observe that he looked like a cod fish.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs <<DlandDug: Michael's gape-mouthed reaction led Mary to observe that he looked like a cod fish.>> Then again Mary does say what's on her mind. Or maybe she said it just for the halibut... There's also a Mr. Codfish in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" when Angela Lansbury & Co. end up on the Island of Namboombu (sp?)
Originally Posted By basil fan Mr. Codfish hates being called a human. Mouse Tales <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/mice.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/mice.html</a>
Originally Posted By PJ82858 Maybe codfish is a staple in a croc's diet?? The croc did eat his hand. Maybe it is in refrence to the croc eating the rest of him??
Originally Posted By indiana_jones88 pj82858, very true. maybe that's just what crocodiles eat in the ocean. ya never know.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 I think there's a more important question out there in the Disney 'verse: why does Ratigan hate being called a rat? I can understand Hook--he's not a codfish. But Ratigan *is* a rat. It's right there in his name! I just think it's sad that he's so ashamed of his own species.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Well, think of it, if your ancestors had begun the black plague you might be ashamed also.
Originally Posted By utahjosh No, Sara! It was the flea, not the Rat! Have you learned nothing from Remy and Emile?
