Every few years I buy some goldfish, cheap “feeder fish” that grow really huge and live forever. Mostly I buy them because I love fish bowls, the old-fashioned kind that are really big and heavy, but I also like watching them swim. The last bunch of goldfish I bought was in 2004, five of them, which I named Five For Fighting (after the hockey term, NOT the band). I had to leave them with my sister when I moved to Texas. But anyway, I never bothered to teach them anything. Now, after seeing this video, I’m thinking I may have underestimated Five For Fighting. This fish, Comet, is very cool and a helluva lot smarter than I would have guessed a goldfish could be.
DAY-UM! That’s better than a flea circus!
It’s funny you say you buy feeder fish. That’s what my girlfriend does.
@ Bound and Gags – I’m so glad to hear your girlfriend buys feeder fish. Everyone should do this. We all need to save the feeder fish, one fish at a time, until the US has a car in every garage and a feeder fish in every house.
What the hell is this “Possibly Related Posts” thing that has started “automatically generating” on my blog posts? WHAT is that thing and how do I get rid of it?
That is sooo cool – way better than sea monkeys (and easier to see without busting an eyeball).
The Possibly Related Posts is a thing that WordPress put on there automatically – you can turn it off. If you look on your login screen there is more information about it there. Some people like it, some people hate it.
Someone mentioned how to get rid of it. Let me see if I can find it.
Please, don’t give credit to my girlfriend for saving the feeder fish. I don’t have time to run a web site for her ‘Save The Feeder Fish Foundation.’
Go to:
Design
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Check ‘Hide related links on this blog, which means this blog won’t show up on other’s blogs or get traffic that way’ checkbox.
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@ teeni – This is way better than Sea-Monkeys. I hesitate to mention that last week I finally put the Sea-Monkeys in the tank, they sank to the bottom, and there has not been any sign of life. Don’t tell Thoughts-0-Dave, he’ll be devastated. And thanks for explaining the WordPress thingamabob.
@ Bound and Gags- I’m SO HAPPY you’re starting a Save The Feeder Fish Foundation! Please sign me up immediately as a charter member. You’re a true humantarian and I know how much you love starting websites and organizations, saving animals, etc.
And THANK YOU for getting to the bottom of the “Possibly Related Posts.” I don’t like it, so I’m going to get rid of it. Thanks.
Oh, you know what? I don’t think I’ll get rid of that “Possibly Related” thing because I think it will screw up my pings or links or whatever. I finally got those straightened out. I guess I’ll just have to live with this related thing, even if the posts aren’t necessarily related. What if I write about how much I hate snakes and think they should all be killed, and they link me to some I Love Snakes blog? I have enough enemies as it is without some snake lover putting a snake in my mailbox …
I don’t think it’ll bother that at all. Why don’t you try it? You can always change it back if it does screw up pings.
Let Your Goldfish Go STFFF!
@ Bound and Gags – Okay. I hid my links, we’ll see what happens. But what’s STFFF? It sounds fascinating.
Wow, I’ve been saying for years that schools are for fishes. I don’t like that Possibly Related Shit either. But I’m going to leave it for the time being, in the spirit of Randomness.
How about teaching the fish to raise your Sea Monkeys???
I used to buy feeder fish too, because I used to have a striped bass for a pet. He loved those feeder fish. MmmMmmMmmm.
Tasty.
Wendy: But what’s STFFF? It sounds fascinating.
It is!!!!! It’s the Save The Feeder Fish Foundation!
Check back for our manifesto!
Or at least logo.
See what you get me into, Wendy! Hahahha.
@ David - I hate telling you this — oh how I hate telling you this — but I finally put my Sea-Monkeys in their tank and they sunk to the bottom, never be to seen again. The good thing is, the lighted top to the tank makes an excellent flashlight.
@ Peter Parkour - Ugh.
I’ll probably have to report you to the STFFF.
@ Bound and Gags – I think it was Sun Tzu who said, “Creating work for your friends will result in hilarious consequences.”
I don’t think Sun said that. I think it was his brother, Zing.
http://boundandgags.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/stfff/
I know nothing about fish except that they are slimy and some of them turn into sushi. Yuk. But I do know about possibly related posts. One cool thing about them is that other blogs – some you don’t even know of – might be linking back to your site by a possibly related post. I found that out on mine. Pretty cool. Some people had visited my site via that little thingymajiggy.
NOOOOOOOO!!!! NOT THE SEA MONKEYS!!
Oh well. Fuck the Sea Monkeys.
I’m over it.
Good rebound abilities there, David! You set an example for all.
Yeah thank B&G. I do my best. I make the lemonade. From the lemons of life.
Sometimes it burns. Like now it does.
But don’t make an example out of me, cause now I’m not sure how I’ll handle Wendy’s next “experiment”.
Certainly the feeder goldfish would have eaten the Sea Monkeys anyway. Oh cruel world!
And what is the point of it all anyway?
@ Little Miss - Okay, now I’ve got back to the thingamabob. We’ll see how it goes.
@ David – Yes, it’s true, the Sea-Monkeys sunk to the bottom, dead. DEAD. But like I said, I did get a flashlight out of it, so it wasn’t a total waste. I’m really glad you’ve rebounded from it.
@Bound and Gags – My next experiment is a little more daring, yet I have utmost confidence it will not end up like the Sea-Monkey debacle. But I will say it is rather Dr. Moreau-ish.