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:: Speaking of Enron, Don't Eat the Saba!!!
Not long ago, I found out that in that commercial where the chef takes forever to get to the dining room to yell out "DON'T EAT THE SALMON" (or so I thought), he's more likely saying "DON'T EAT THE SABA!!". It makes sense to me as the fish bones, with heads, on their plates sure didn't look like salmon. Well, here's another item of interest I fished out of too-still waters:

"Saba o yomu" literally means, "to read the mackerel". Since mackerel are common fish of relatively low value, and also rot quickly, when fishermen offer them for sale, they often inflate their estimate of the number of fish. This is why this expression has come to mean, "to manipulate the figures for one's advantage" or "to offer false numbers intentionally".
{kewl sushi image from digital sushi itself a very hip site}

Be wary of smelly fish such as ENE!! (or on the other side of the two-headed coin, thinly traded, highly manipulated stocks, for that matter!) update (2:00ish): After blasting up the volume really really loud, I am very disappointed to report that the chef does say salmon. However, as we create our own reality, I will live in denial of that. I like the smelly fish angle.