The word “crustacean” has been the subject of a pun:
Q: What do you call a Chinese crab?
A: A crust-asian.
“What do u call a chinese crab? A crustasian” was posted on Twitter on December 29, 2010. There have been many similar puns.
Wikipedia: Crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea /krʌˈsteɪʃə/) form a very large group of arthropods which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice and barnacles. The crustacean group is usually treated as a subphylum, and thanks to recent molecular studies it is now well accepted that the crustacean group is paraphyletic, and comprises all animals in the Pancrustacea clade other than hexapods. In other words, some crustaceans are more closely related to insects and other hexapods than they are to certain other crustaceans.
Reddit
What do you call a scab-ridden japanese fisherman? (self.funny)
submitted April 25, 2010 by halogen1212
A crust-asian.
Commence fish puns.
Twitter
che$ha
@chel_renee
Hey @victoriakenzie. What do u call a chinese crab? A crustasian.
3:35 PM - 29 Dec 2010
Twitter
Ian Collins
@ian_STR
what do you call a crab from china?
a crust-asian!!
1:42 AM - 15 Mar 2011
Twitter
Mike Towers
@MikeTowers
What do u call an Asian crab? A crust-Asian!
11:39 AM - 24 May 2011
Twitter
ally a
@allyallyally_
what do you call an Chinese crab? A CRUSTASIAN
3:53 PM - 1 Oct 2011
Twitter
Frank Rooney
@HairyFrank
@RealBobMortimer Oriental Seafood Pie: is the crust Asian?
2:36 PM - 2 May 2013
Twitter
Abe Yospe
@Cheeseboy22
A crab from Japan should be called a “Crust-Asian.”
8:19 AM - 30 Jul 2013
Twitter
jeffdsilva
@jeffdsilva
what do you call a Chinese Lobster?
a Crust-Asian!
9:43 AM - 10 Nov 2014
Twitter
Abe Yospe
@Cheeseboy22
A crab from Japan should be called a “Crust-Asian.”
4:35 PM - 27 Jul 2015
Reddit
What do you call an Asian lobster?
submitted October 9, 2016 by Altered_DNA
A crustasian
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
•“Welcome to growing older. Where all the foods and drinks you’ve loved for years suddenly seem determined to destroy you” (4/17)
•“Date someone who drinks with you instead of complaining that you drink” (4/17)
•“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie” (4/17)
•“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing the evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie” (4/17)
•“Government creates the crises so it can ‘rescue’ you with the loss of freedom” (4/17)
More new entries...
Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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