Comments on: Just What Is The Deal With Fish Anyway?

By: Guise Dugal

Guise Dugal — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:36:46 +0000

Well, they do like a cockatoo…

By: kittymao

kittymao — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:28:39 +0000

Budgie is parakeet.
But I can’t help but think about a bird that likes to “go in the out door”-
as Bill so tastefully put it a ways back.

By: DJ D

DJ D — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:10:30 +0000

Posts like this are exactly why I hang out here…not as much as I should as of late, I know, but I plan on doing something about that. This was pure genius. I had my fair share of fish when I was a kid but they all seemed to be pretty canabalistic and just offed each other in no time.

I wonder if the emo ones swim around contemplating exactly which eye they should stylishly flop their fin over on top of–dyed pink of course.

And what the hell is a budgie? Yeah, I know I could look it up but whatever explanation I find won’t be near as interesing as I’m going to find here.

By: JoshC

JoshC — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:16:32 +0000

I find that way too funny. Sorry kittymao, I realize Fish suicide is no laughing matter.

By: kittymao

kittymao — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:48:56 +0000

Had a betta once. Named red. Wicket tried to off him.
But then Wicket died under mysterious circumstances.
Racecar tried to off him too.
More than once, I believe.
Then, some time after, Red stopped eating.
And then, one day Red was Dead.
I think Racecar told Red something.
And Red saw fit to take care of his own ends-
the kind of ends that take vigorous contemplation-
the kind of contemplation that causes you to forget to eat.

So ya. Suckage.

By: Guise Dugal

Guise Dugal — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:07:07 +0000

Heh, it’s cool Dan, I just meant that for the most part the pet store goldfish around these parts are far, far too similar. I think they might be performing dawn shootings of any fish with distinguishing features.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:15:34 +0000

Funny story about the Siamese fighting fish. At one time I had the goldfish as well as a tropical tank and decided that a Siamese fighting fish would bea good addition with the tropicals. Well the fighting fish was killing my guppies and neons so I decided to transfer him over to the goldfish tank. He thought it would be a good idea to pick on Fish to establish dominance and well……Fish ate him.

And Guise I hope you don’t think I was bashing your article, I was just relating my experience with goldfish. Your right though, until they actually have markings or some way to distinguish who’s who, naming them really is pointless.

By: JoshC

JoshC — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:08:02 +0000

Never owned a Goldfish, I had some sort of shark and a couple of Siamese fighting fish though.
I’ve thought about getting some more fish but I have two cats so I dont think I’d be able to keep the little buggers alive for long.

By: Guise Dugal

Guise Dugal — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:57:42 +0000

Dan, the majority of goldfish sold to children here tend to be identical and rarely grow much, so I guess there must be continental differences. It’s easier to tell them apart if they grow, sure.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:35:47 +0000

Great entry as always my friend but I have to disagree with a few points. Up until a few years ago I was the proud owner of several goldfish and not only could I tell them apart but they were actually social creatures. Granted I’d owned these fish for several years and had gotten to know their personalities (such as they were) and had quite a bit of fun with them. I used to be able to make them yawn and had them trained to come to the top of the tank for treats. Incidently, fish hate it when you trick them into yawning.

As for names, yeah they don’t really respond well to the whole naming thing but I was able to tell them apart, Fish, the oldest, was a monster by goldfish standards. By the time he went to the great aquarium in the sky he was over 8″ long, and Trigger, his partner fish, was a little over 6″ when he went to the great fish school in the sky.

I do however have to give it to you on the suicide attempts, Fish tried several times to off himself in his youth. Once by doing the famed jump for freedom and the other by trying to swim thru the top hole of the castle at the bottom of the tank and getting stuck. He was a resilient little bastard though, he survived both those attempts as well as several moves to different locations before hanging up his fins.

And I think it’d be fun to work with you Guise, we’d have loads of fun driving our co-workers insane!

Oh and Josh, congrats on the puppy!