u/B1acklisted

I've seen this asked a few times, so I figured I would clarify. People often ask, is grandpa saying "sprats" or "sprouts"?

The answer is, BOTH.

Sprouts are little baby plants, and sprats are a small forage fish a part of the herring family. Closed captioning is not messing up, and you are not hearing it wrong. Grandpa often switches between the two, and as a gardener and fisherman, it makes total sense he would utilize both.