When I arrived in Grimsby, I soon found that fish 'n' chips meant haddock. Cod is what you threw back. In Scunthorpe FnC meant cod and chips, with haddock as a 'special' if they had any. In Wakefield FnC meant some kind of white fish in batter. Could be fillet or minced. Some posh chippies sold cod as a special. Now I write this to show that Grimmies/Meggies know a thing or two about fish, and that anointing the fish before dispatch sent a strong message out there not to mess with 'us'. Hence it's an actual thing, not figurative.

However, on reflection, this is dangerous, for it may be fairly easy to segregate fish between NE Lincs and the rest, hence a quick spray before despatch, but what about Barton, Caistor and Louth? Surely pockets of Mariners fans are digesting the fish we have 'prepared' for our enemy? Also, I've worked in the fish industry and technical controls are not what we think, so some/lots of fish are being anointed for 'home' consumption anyway. I suggest that a campaign is set up by CA to change the chant to a more accurate, however, admittedly, less frightening "we piss on all the fish". Yes, it's a weak chant, but in these litigious days where peanut packers must put "may contain nuts" on the outer and the frozen pea manufacturer must remind people that the chips, steak and plate are not inside the bag, only peas, we either must stop the chant, or become more accurate. A vague 'custom and practice' is no longer good enough for the 21st century.