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August 8, 2008
House Of Fishy Miracles
Some transcendent presence has exerted its power over our house.
Bingo III (or IV?) was looking ill the other night. I noticed in the midst of preparing dinner and hoped I could put off euthanasia until later. In my experience, a fish belly-up is a sure sign of a goner.
Then the boys began walloping each other and I forgot all about Bingo III.
Until the next morning, when Bingo III was upright and fairly energetic.
This is either proof of a modern day miracle or Bingo III was practicing the backstroke in honor of the Olympics. You make the call.
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August 8th, 2008 at 3:05 pm, CourtneyRyan369 Says:
Alternately the fish was constipated. I learned this from Crystal at Boobs, Injuries, and Dr. Pepper.
http://boobsinjuriesanddrpepper.blogspot.com/2008/06/and-i-know-where-jimmy-hoffas-body-is.html
That’s the specific link.
Enjoy!
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August 8th, 2008 at 3:59 pm, moo Says:
Admit it: you went and got a new fish after the boys went to bed, didn’t you?
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August 8th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, Miss Awesome Says:
I love that you took a picture of the dead fish but didn’t get rid of it. That’s totally something I would do.
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August 8th, 2008 at 5:24 pm, holly Says:
Constipated fish? I had no idea! I guess you really do learn something every day. I had a fish once that was hell-bent on dying. It drifted upside-down sometimes, bobbed nose-down at other times, got its head stuck in a shell in the bottom of the cage, and so on. I never did figure out that fish, but it was nearly a relief when it finally died (or rather, when it was finally certain that it was really dead, and not just pretending). Maybe the poor thing was constipated all along.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:06 pm, KLee Says:
I was going to tell you the same thing that Courtney Ryan said — Crystal at “Boobs, Injuries, and Dr. Pepper” said that all you have to do is mush up some green beans and sprinkle a little in the water to fix that. Who knew, right?
What I want to know is who thought up green beans? Was there some sort of secret fish laxative trial?
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August 8th, 2008 at 11:08 pm, Anna See Says:
Something’s going on around here. Last night we almost buried my daughter’s Hermit crab, Smiley, but we were too tired. When we broke the news to her this morning, she went down to say her goodbyes and he was alive and kicking!
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August 11th, 2008 at 10:35 am, karyn Says:
Have had fish which liked to do the upside down thing on occasion. I think he liked fanning the flames of my neuroses from inside his bowl. Vengeful little bastard.
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August 12th, 2008 at 8:13 am, mandy Says:
POOR fishy, almost got the eternal flush!! That is crazy..but interesting.
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August 12th, 2008 at 9:48 am, Sarah @ Mom's Marbles Says:
The same thing happened with my son’s fish! Except he decided to finally show signs of life after being dunped into the toilet. Yes…I scooped him out. And then he died again….And I threw away the spoon I used.
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August 12th, 2008 at 12:42 pm, Alex Says:
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!
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