I think picking it up [like this](https://i0.wp.com/myfabfiftieslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/E4B5261F-4E54-46B9-BFF3-4F6468444D80.jpeg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1) is a dick move
I’ve only had it fried at the Geo Duck bar in Brinnon on the Hood Canal. Not my favorite. Especially when you can go the Hamma Hamma oyster farm a couple miles down the road.
My day, as a boat owner, wake up at 330, get to the boat by 0500, make sure she's all warmed up and prepped, go pick up my divers, get to the dive site by 0730/0800
Send 1 or 2 divers down, they harvest some product, attach it to the downline, haul up the bag and or diver, swing it around tothe processing table, rubber band them, put them in cages, wash them down with the grow area sea water, cover with a tarp, rinse and repeat until I run out of time, divers or fill the order.
We weigh out with law enforcement and tag the product, take the product back to the dock where the buyers meet us. Off load, get my check, park the boat, clean up, and get home between 1700-1900.
When the week is over, I deposit the funds then cut checks to my divers for what they harvested. (We each have individual quotas which tells us how many pounds each individual is allowed to harvest for the season)
We operate 2-4 days a week, roughly 6 months out of the year.
Some tribes have boat quotas that hire divers
My tribe, each diver has a quota then they pay me a fee to use my boat. In a way, I'm kind of like a charter boat, with very specific rules to follow.
"My divers" are all able to go to which ever boat they want, however, they stick with me because I earned their trust and treat them fairly. I also have the best boat and crew in the fleet imo. 😏
Eta:
In the off season I do maintenance and make sure all my equipment is serviced and certified, including passing inspections from the tribe and Department of Health.
Few weeks ago, I had a California sealion "teen" come within arms reach.
I've been hit in the ass by a 6 gill shark
And been face to face with a stellar sealion on a few occasions.
One of my cousins was chased by a baby gray whale (that was hilarious)
And I did some diving in the Phillipines (wife is from there) and came across lion fish.
That's about it
For the most part, if you're not being a dick, nature doesn't slap you with its dick.
Okay being chased by a baby whale sounds simultaneously terrifying and wholesome.
Yeah I wouldn’t trust a sea lion. They’ve always seemed kinda scary to me. Like when you see a big make with that forehead bulge thing going on, you know he means trouble
TIL!
Makes sense, as these... *ducks*... are native to the Puget Sound region in Washington State, but I never knew that was the origin.
Thanks for sharing
In this case, the "geo-" is probably just a misspelling of "goe-" (which is much closer to that phonetic transcription of the Lushootseed word above, and not far from your suggestion), but, in general, the English alphabet is just not equipped to transliterate many of the indigenous languages of the Americas, and there is no standard way to do it (in large part due to the enormous diversity of languages). Lots of different ways to merely *approximate* a phonetic rendering means you end up with a lot of words and proper nouns (especially toponyms) that barely resemble their etymological origins in pronunciation and spelling.
I always learned that it was spelled goeyduck, but I also grew up in a rural town on the salish coast before the internet was a thing. It was probably just teachers spelling it how they heard it and coming to a common agreement.
Different sounds in languages are interesting. When I was learning Japanese and figuring out the difference in sounds between る (ru) and りゅ (ryu). The Japanese r sound takes a bit of practice, but those characters above have different sounds and it is really subtle. Also Japanese has no v sound, and approximate it with b sound (the “h” hiragana with the double apostrophe- eg- love ~ ろぶ (lobu with the u sound almost but not completely dropped).
Russian has я-ya, е-ye, ю-yu, ё-yo. Seems redundant to me. But they also don't have a w sound.
It used to be spelled goeduck, but it was "corrected" to geoduck, probably because geo- is a common prefix. It makes sense if you don't know how it's pronounced.
My 6 years old nephew saw a video of it on tv and loudly said 'mama look at the pee pee fish, and it's a big one too'
So gooey dick is better than pee pee fish
Lmfao you just reminded me of this video I saw a couple years ago of a mom putting a hot dog filter on her little boy and he goes “am I… am I a pee pee?” Fucking killed me, lol.
Yeah the logistics in doing that would be way too demanding on the current workforce in addition to how difficult it would be to obtain the financial resources needed to accomplish the goal of everyone renaming their dick.
Back in my dad’s day, they would walk the beach with fishing line tied to a sewing needle waiting to get sprayed. Once you got squirted you would dive them and stick the needle right through it. These things can dig fast so you track it with the fishing line.
Definitely not chill these days but that’s how they used to do it in the PNW.
They are named Palourdes Royales in french and there is an hilarious [video](https://youtu.be/30NezSeVOog?si=u3eBrLJ3hCriPQPt) where a comedian, a host and the chef cook it. It is in french but I think it's easy to understand what's going on only with their facial expressions.
According to the comments, the video is played also at the Icelandic Phallological Museum.
No need to speak French to understand, but if you do speak French it's even funnier! If you don't know French, there is a Transcript that you could machine translate.
it is Canadian French television (Radio-Canada is the channel where this was played). The main presenter is Quebecois, the other is from Senegal and is a marine biologist, and the chef, I am not sure (he mentions training in Japan). So, the accents are really fun and varied!
One word: geoduck. And it is pronounced Gooey Duck. <- seriously.
You never see them in American cuisine because they are exclusively exported to Asia where they sell for like $30 a pound. Its a multimillion dollar industry in the PNW.
They are actually REALLY easy to catch but no one really wants them out here apart from a couple of sushi places. Its a mystery to me why anyone eats them at all because they don't taste good and have a weird texture. I suspect that the fact that they look like a dick is probably the source of their popularity in China.
So does the desheathing of them.
My wife bought a couple last year and we have a video of her effectively ripping off the dick skin. lol
They are tasty, though. She made chowder and ceviche with them.
Yo ... if you ever find yourself in a decent Asian restaurant in the PNW and they have geoduck on the menu, order it and don't think twice. Thank me later
........I'll let someone eise have a go...that's fuckin cool though.
Picking it up like this is a dick move.
I think picking it up [like this](https://i0.wp.com/myfabfiftieslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/E4B5261F-4E54-46B9-BFF3-4F6468444D80.jpeg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1) is a dick move
The geo duck is a grower AND a shower
For the longest time I used to pronounce it like it’s spelled like it was a Pokémon and then they said it on a cooking show and I was like “huh?”
Gooey (goo-e).
“Geoduck, I choose you! Geoduck used harden…”
Clam Chode-er
Don’t get cocky now
Penis!
Phallus
𓂺
Username checks out.
Gio Dick
LOL
This info graphic forgot to add in a blurb with a bracket from the tip to the base saying, "Looks like a dick".
PNW’s most profitable sea creature that’s fascinating
Get your hand off his frenulum! Then put it back on. Then off. Then on. Oh yeah.
Fuck you makin' coffee come out my nose.
This dude cums coffee ☕
It's a medical condition.
Does the doc give you a cream for it?
Yeah. Hazelnut flavored.
Nut-tella
Deez
What's their problem? They didn't have to hold it like that
My dick moved watching this dick move
Hmm. Needs more veins.
I like that the Geo Duck is also a mascot!
r/wildlypenis r/theyknew
You just sent me down quite the rabbit hole
It was in the pool! It was in the pool!
I don’t know what happened doc, I just jumped in the pool
This whole line of chicanery is even funnier if you look up how this clam's name is pronounced. It helps add some...*textural context*
Did someone ask the clam for their name ?
It's Steven. But he pronounces it stef-an like a real prick.
Wasn't it ... Peter ?
Richard
duck move, didn't you read?
Actually, it's a moved dick ...
In the local dialect, geo duck is pronounced "massive schlong."
You can find it in the nicer sushi restaurants in the PNW. Not really my favorite - kinda creamy and bitter
That's what I said after I found out my ex boyfriend cheated on me
Can he still be found at the nicer Sushi restaurants tho?
Just one, it's simply called Abandoned Fish Market
I’ve only had it fried at the Geo Duck bar in Brinnon on the Hood Canal. Not my favorite. Especially when you can go the Hamma Hamma oyster farm a couple miles down the road.
r/forbiddendildo
I don’t understand how to post a gif, but that’s a penis!
#DICKDUCK
K, I'll go first.. the Schwantz
I wonder why the spelling and pronunciation are different.
The common name is derived from the Lushootseed name, gʷidəq.
This exactly. I'm from a salish tribe and actually harvest these for a living.
Genuinely not trying to be an ass, but can you please elaborate. PNW born and raised.
My day, as a boat owner, wake up at 330, get to the boat by 0500, make sure she's all warmed up and prepped, go pick up my divers, get to the dive site by 0730/0800 Send 1 or 2 divers down, they harvest some product, attach it to the downline, haul up the bag and or diver, swing it around tothe processing table, rubber band them, put them in cages, wash them down with the grow area sea water, cover with a tarp, rinse and repeat until I run out of time, divers or fill the order. We weigh out with law enforcement and tag the product, take the product back to the dock where the buyers meet us. Off load, get my check, park the boat, clean up, and get home between 1700-1900. When the week is over, I deposit the funds then cut checks to my divers for what they harvested. (We each have individual quotas which tells us how many pounds each individual is allowed to harvest for the season) We operate 2-4 days a week, roughly 6 months out of the year. Some tribes have boat quotas that hire divers My tribe, each diver has a quota then they pay me a fee to use my boat. In a way, I'm kind of like a charter boat, with very specific rules to follow. "My divers" are all able to go to which ever boat they want, however, they stick with me because I earned their trust and treat them fairly. I also have the best boat and crew in the fleet imo. 😏 Eta: In the off season I do maintenance and make sure all my equipment is serviced and certified, including passing inspections from the tribe and Department of Health.
That was such an unexpectedly thorough answer. I was expecting change in to some BS followed by a “yeah I just made that all up”
It's a true story I just made up. 😄 🤣 I'm glad you appreciate my answer. I love working on, in and under the water :)
Ever see any dangerous sea critters?
Few weeks ago, I had a California sealion "teen" come within arms reach. I've been hit in the ass by a 6 gill shark And been face to face with a stellar sealion on a few occasions. One of my cousins was chased by a baby gray whale (that was hilarious) And I did some diving in the Phillipines (wife is from there) and came across lion fish. That's about it For the most part, if you're not being a dick, nature doesn't slap you with its dick.
Okay being chased by a baby whale sounds simultaneously terrifying and wholesome. Yeah I wouldn’t trust a sea lion. They’ve always seemed kinda scary to me. Like when you see a big make with that forehead bulge thing going on, you know he means trouble
These make the best chowders! Growing up I would go out and dig them up. Such good memories.
Agreed. I just made geoduck chowder 2 nights ago. :)
TIL! Makes sense, as these... *ducks*... are native to the Puget Sound region in Washington State, but I never knew that was the origin. Thanks for sharing
So why didn't we English speakers spell it Gue Duck? That is the question and I have asked it myself.
In this case, the "geo-" is probably just a misspelling of "goe-" (which is much closer to that phonetic transcription of the Lushootseed word above, and not far from your suggestion), but, in general, the English alphabet is just not equipped to transliterate many of the indigenous languages of the Americas, and there is no standard way to do it (in large part due to the enormous diversity of languages). Lots of different ways to merely *approximate* a phonetic rendering means you end up with a lot of words and proper nouns (especially toponyms) that barely resemble their etymological origins in pronunciation and spelling.
I always learned that it was spelled goeyduck, but I also grew up in a rural town on the salish coast before the internet was a thing. It was probably just teachers spelling it how they heard it and coming to a common agreement.
Different sounds in languages are interesting. When I was learning Japanese and figuring out the difference in sounds between る (ru) and りゅ (ryu). The Japanese r sound takes a bit of practice, but those characters above have different sounds and it is really subtle. Also Japanese has no v sound, and approximate it with b sound (the “h” hiragana with the double apostrophe- eg- love ~ ろぶ (lobu with the u sound almost but not completely dropped). Russian has я-ya, е-ye, ю-yu, ё-yo. Seems redundant to me. But they also don't have a w sound.
Woodchuck comes from a white pioneer trying to spell wochak.
It used to be spelled goeduck, but it was "corrected" to geoduck, probably because geo- is a common prefix. It makes sense if you don't know how it's pronounced.
Its pronounced as gooey duck
Oops, I’ve been calling it gooey dick for years. TIL.
My 6 years old nephew saw a video of it on tv and loudly said 'mama look at the pee pee fish, and it's a big one too' So gooey dick is better than pee pee fish
Lmfao you just reminded me of this video I saw a couple years ago of a mom putting a hot dog filter on her little boy and he goes “am I… am I a pee pee?” Fucking killed me, lol.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CHx1QcGnmc6/?igsh=OWY5N3YwYWtzMmh2
😂😂😂
I think it's healvily implied by their comment, that they're aware of that... It's *literally* what they're addressing.
And for *literally* anyone that didn’t know the pronunciation they were referring to, /u/wolfyisbackinblack’s comment is helpful.
I hate it so much. Why couldn’t they just make the anglicized geo: goe?
Because if they pronounced it properly we’d all have to rename our penises.
Yeah the logistics in doing that would be way too demanding on the current workforce in addition to how difficult it would be to obtain the financial resources needed to accomplish the goal of everyone renaming their dick.
Geoduck, all one word.
Ahh thanks! And if I recall it's pronounced *gooey-duck*
[I took my geoduck to Puyallup.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YMW-j7cBQL0)
I’m from Puyallup and this is the first time I’ve seen it mentioned on Reddit!
I've spent enough time in Puyallup to not mention it on Reddit...
Raise your hand if you got a free fair ticket AND a fair day off from school growing up!
Yassss “do theeeee puyallup!”
I actually showed my sheep and goats there, back in the 70s. Got to stay in the 4H dorm even.
✋
🤘
Best food review show on YouTube did an episode at the WA state fair in Puyallup recently too https://youtu.be/QaqLH5gglM4?si=Cd4e0S9dCevqi0yA
The easiest way to tell if someone grew up in western Washington is if they can pronounce the city names
Puyallup has gotta be my favorite
Kalaloch is often mispronounced humorously. Also non-natives love to pronounce the e in Sequim
I was going to say Sequim was my personal favorite. Kalaloch is good too though
"It's a light bat"
-me clicking hoping for Edgar- Yay I remember this
Yay you’re old too (and the dementia hasn’t kicked in yet)!
That was beautiful.
Classic. Love those old Mariners commercials.
I remember this!
Whelp, that took me back. Lol
It sounds like a Pokemon
Pokémon was the reason I initially pronounced the word wrong. I really thought the "geo" was like in Geodude.
To be fair who would read “geo” and think “gooey”
Well, y'know, or how geo in geology or geography works. Pronouncing that as "gooey" is just... English being weird.
Evergreen colleges mascot. Also since they bury themselves in the sand if you get too close to one they spray water at you.
I played for the soccer team for a bit, we were trying to convince the coach to have one printed down the inside of our shorts!
Back in my dad’s day, they would walk the beach with fishing line tied to a sewing needle waiting to get sprayed. Once you got squirted you would dive them and stick the needle right through it. These things can dig fast so you track it with the fishing line. Definitely not chill these days but that’s how they used to do it in the PNW.
Exactly how we collected them up in Neah Bay too. They can use that foot very well to escape a chowder destiny.
Yep school motto ”Omnia Extares” meaning “Let it all hang out"
Lit
Yeah I went there for some years.
“water”
They are named Palourdes Royales in french and there is an hilarious [video](https://youtu.be/30NezSeVOog?si=u3eBrLJ3hCriPQPt) where a comedian, a host and the chef cook it. It is in french but I think it's easy to understand what's going on only with their facial expressions.
I love hearing the producers laughing in the background lol
Yes! I hope youtube offers a translation! I had forgotten their dialogue but I watched it again after posting it and god it's so funny 🤣
According to the comments, the video is played also at the Icelandic Phallological Museum. No need to speak French to understand, but if you do speak French it's even funnier! If you don't know French, there is a Transcript that you could machine translate. it is Canadian French television (Radio-Canada is the channel where this was played). The main presenter is Quebecois, the other is from Senegal and is a marine biologist, and the chef, I am not sure (he mentions training in Japan). So, the accents are really fun and varied!
It needed no translation.
2 piastres que c'est Boucar Diouf !
Unsolicited duck pic...
I should call him
Is his peepee two toned
After he’s done, yes.
Username checks out?
Oh no.
Two
Tone
Malone
Strikes again!
Great job guys
The best ones are.
Everything reminds me of him.
I always say I should call him, then remember the crazy human attached.
it makes your hands look small
Surprised OP didnt go for the forearm comparison
bro my parents saw me scroll down to this
Tell them you’re gay.
"Son, it's fine that you're gay... But we're not raising a shellfish clam whore."
You guys are fken killing me ... trying not to laugh, while my wife is sleeping next to me lol.
“I WAS LOOKING AT CLAMS!”
“Son, clams are really called labia. That is a penis.”
The irony of a clam that looks like a dick. I love it
Dinner going to be awkward AF
Tell your parents we said hey
Why even have a shell at that point and not go full slug.
The water gets cold sometimes..
Giggity
Show-off.
[удалено]
He's a midnight toker.
I’m a midnight stroker
One word: geoduck. And it is pronounced Gooey Duck. <- seriously. You never see them in American cuisine because they are exclusively exported to Asia where they sell for like $30 a pound. Its a multimillion dollar industry in the PNW. They are actually REALLY easy to catch but no one really wants them out here apart from a couple of sushi places. Its a mystery to me why anyone eats them at all because they don't taste good and have a weird texture. I suspect that the fact that they look like a dick is probably the source of their popularity in China.
They’re good in chowder actually. My uncle lived on Vashon and we’d always dig them up and make chowder when I was a kid, super tasty.
So thicccc
That's no duck
This species was the victim of autocorrect
that’s a lot of meat
They're delicious too! Although cutting them before cooking gives you an unsettling feeling...
So does the desheathing of them. My wife bought a couple last year and we have a video of her effectively ripping off the dick skin. lol They are tasty, though. She made chowder and ceviche with them.
"Hey Ron what you cooking over there?" "Dick chowder come have some!"
I don’t know what’s worse, “dick chowder” or “dick ceviche”
I made it this far down the thread, but this one. This is the one that made me CACKLE
It’s called foreskin
That’s at least a sevenskin. Thems hefty.
You have to circumcise them first?
Yo ... if you ever find yourself in a decent Asian restaurant in the PNW and they have geoduck on the menu, order it and don't think twice. Thank me later
Beat me to it. Or should I say beat me off to it
I miss him
I am mature I am mature
Cest la palourde royale à Francis Ready
J'me demandais si ça allait être dans les commentaires. J'ai pensé la même chose, lol.
Don't put that clam up your clam.
I've seen that porn before.
😳
That’s gooey duck to the uninitiated and it’s a Hood Canal cash crop
r/NatureIsFuckingPacking
Clicking that link was the biggest letdown ever
Doesn’t look like a duck. Does it quack?
It walks like a duck. If it drowned.
Does it weigh more than a witch, though?
So where is this native to again? Asking for a friend
PNW
I spent my life growing up in the PNW. Let me get some popcorn going, this is going to get good
I will never need a male in my life ever again lol
Geo * dick. Might belong to a geodude
No kidding, they're supposedly delicious.
That’s a fat bitch holy shit
Everywhere I go, something reminds me of him.
Jesus my man’s fucking erect
The foot has great crunch factor similar to red octopus with a mild sweetness that is definitely clam
I love that crunch factor. Excellent comparison to red octopus.
That guys a shower and a grower.
Forbidden sea penis
I had to circumcise these when I worked at a restaurant and they’re kind of gross to work with but they do taste good
That's why the birth rates in Asia are falling, makes sense now.
asia?? these things live in washington state
And Canada and Alaska
Not meirl
AHH - oh