She's DEAD. She's finally DEAD!

[Bruce]

Now we can all move on with our lives. I'm not saying that I'm glad she's dead. She fought a long battle, but it was just her time to go. We are certainly going to grieve for a few days, but in time our hearts will heal. I did everything in my power to save her, so my conscious can rest easy. It doesn't make things any easier though. I'm really going to miss our goldfish. (flush)

What? Why are you looking at me like that?

 

[kookbreaker]

Hand me the clown hammer. Bruce needs a whack.

 

[Upchurch]

I'm amazed that I can't find anything about this in the media. You'd think they'd be all over this!


oh well, off to lend my clown hammer to kook'

 

[Number Six]

How do we know there isn't life still in there? We shouldn't withold care. If she is cremated then just imagine how painful it'll be if somehow she is still alive. If we bury her then if she happens to still be alive she'll die a slow, suffocating death in a coffin. We need to keep caring for her just in case.

Okay, sarcasm off, but if you mean she's really, really dead now then it must be breaking news because I haven't seen it reported yet.

 

[pgwenthold]

How do we know there isn't life still in there? We shouldn't withold care. If she is cremated then just imagine how painful it'll be if somehow she is still alive. If we bury her then if she happens to still be alive she'll die a slow, suffocating death in a coffin. We need to keep caring for her just in case.

That's why flushing is such a proper buriel. Just in case.

 

[patcall]

Tom Delay hypocrite

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0328schiavo-delay28.html

 

[Bruce]

Last week I found her floating upside down in her tank. My wife wanted to flush her right then and there, but I noticed that her gills were still moving. She wasn't really dead. We got into a huge argument over it. How can a goldfish have any quality of life if she can only swim upside down? Is it really moral to flush a goldfish that is still breathing (uh, what's the underwater equivalent of breathing??)

The arguement escalated until the whole family got involved. The matter had to be settled by the vet. The vet insisted that a goldfish in this state doesn't really feel any pain (or a goldfish in any state for that matter, but that's beside the point).

I appealed my case to the Wal-Mart pet department clerk. He said he had to go ask his manager so, I waited around for two ours. Finally the verdict was made that Wal-Mart didn't really give a rat's ass one way or another. I saw several goldfish in their tanks that were floating upside down, so I took this to mean that Wal-Mart does not believe in flushing immediately, despite their 'official' policy. My wife thought I was getting desperate

Our goldfish held on for several more days as the battle continued, but alas, today her little gills stopped moving. I guess I'll just have to find another moral battle to fight.

Hey!! My wife's cat just peed on the carpet again. That's grounds for the death penalty!!

 

[Upchurch]

I'm just glad you hadn't gotten a new fish in the mean time. Then you would have a conflict of interest and we couldn't believe anything you say.

 

[Bruce]

I'm just glad you hadn't gotten a new fish in the mean time. Then you would have a conflict of interest and we couldn't believe anything you say.

Well, uh, I forgot to mention that part, but I kept it in a completely different tank, and it really has nothing to do with the issue anyway. Besides, I still loved my goldfish very much, even though she became bloated, pale, and didn't respond when I tapped on the glass. I checked up on her once a day and made sure her cleaning filter was still running.

You have no right to pass judgment like that!!

 

[Moon-Spinner]

When a person has determined that their goldfish is no longer living a quality life, are they allowed to pull the AC cord on the filter, or should they have some lawyers ready in case other family members try to have the AC cord reinserted?

 

[Calee]

Last week I found her floating upside down in her tank. My wife wanted to flush her right then and there, but I noticed that her gills were still moving. She wasn't really dead. We got into a huge argument over it. How can a goldfish have any quality of life if she can only swim upside down? Is it really moral to flush a goldfish that is still breathing (uh, what's the underwater equivalent of breathing??)

The arguement escalated until the whole family got involved. The matter had to be settled by the vet. The vet insisted that a goldfish in this state doesn't really feel any pain (or a goldfish in any state for that matter, but that's beside the point).

I appealed my case to the Wal-Mart pet department clerk. He said he had to go ask his manager so, I waited around for two ours. Finally the verdict was made that Wal-Mart didn't really give a rat's ass one way or another. I saw several goldfish in their tanks that were floating upside down, so I took this to mean that Wal-Mart does not believe in flushing immediately, despite their 'official' policy. My wife thought I was getting desperate

Our goldfish held on for several more days as the battle continued, but alas, today her little gills stopped moving. I guess I'll just have to find another moral battle to fight.

Hey!! My wife's cat just peed on the carpet again. That's grounds for the death penalty!!

I think you flushed the poor thing just to cover up the evidence of abuse.

 

[Upchurch]

Well, uh, I forgot to mention that part, but I kept it in a completely different tank, and it really has nothing to do with the issue anyway.

The hell it doesn't!!! You're running two tanks with two filters and two little underwater bubble-y treasure chest thingies. Think of all the money you're spending! It was in your best financial interest for that poor girl to die.

Murderer.

 

[Bruce]

I think you flushed the poor thing just to cover up the evidence of abuse.

You have no evidence, sir. No proof. Nobody saw me do it, so you can't prove anything. Besides, those injuries occured AFTER she was found floating upside down. Her body twirled around and banged up against the side of the tank every time she floated near the air filter. I cannot be blamed for such injuries, as they were a direct result of her condition.

Besides, I remember my golfish telling me if she went belly up, that I should move on and buy a new clown fish and a couple of guppies. It remember it clearly while watching an episode of Iron Chef, the sushi battle. I love my new fish just as much as my old fish, but it just wouldn't be right to keep them in the same tank.

I was only fulfilling the fish's wishes. It was my duty as owner to carry them out.

 

[Hawk one]

Wait wait wait, let me get this straight here. Are you saying that it was a clownfish that supposedly "died"?! If so, then I can't believe you fell for the scam! Didn't you see this documentary where a little clownfish played dead so he could be reunited with his father?

But if it wasn't a clownfish, and you didn't fall for that ooold trick (sometimes they do that just as a practical joke as well, you know), then you did the right thing, I think...

 

[Bruce]

Wait wait wait, let me get this straight here. Are you saying that it was a clownfish that supposedly "died"?! If so, then I can't believe you fell for the scam! Didn't you see this documentary where a little clownfish played dead so he could be reunited with his father?

But if it wasn't a clownfish, and you didn't fall for that ooold trick (sometimes they do that just as a practical joke as well, you know), then you did the right thing, I think...

Now that you mention it, things did get wierd after I chased away that pesky pelican and invited my niece over......

 

[aerocontrols]

 

[JPK]

Bruce,

Just how many clownfish can you fit in that little tank?

JPK

 

[Kiless]

I was gifted a copy of that picture from the colour printer at work and liked the humour in it so much, I put it up on my pinboard in the classroom.

Ooops. One of the three Japanese students in my class (who are fellow manga and animation enthusists) spotted it. 'NEMO!!!!! No, no, no Nemo Sushi!! No no no!!' she cried and they were reduced to incoherent gaspings of shock and horror for the rest of the lesson whilst the Indonesian kids just rolled on the floor in hysterics at their distressed reaction....

 

[Hawk one]

I was gifted a copy of that picture from the colour printer at work and liked the humour in it so much, I put it up on my pinboard in the classroom.

Ooops. One of the three Japanese students in my class (who are fellow manga and animation enthusists) spotted it. 'NEMO!!!!! No, no, no Nemo Sushi!! No no no!!' she cried and they were reduced to incoherent gaspings of shock and horror for the rest of the lesson whilst the Indonesian kids just rolled on the floor in hysterics at their distressed reaction....

Kiless: That story definitely made my day. Thumbs up.

Edited to add: Can I use "No, no, no Nemo Sushi!!" as my signature?

 

[The Fool]

It was my duty as owner to carry them out.

Bruce....Goldfish swimming upside down is most often simply indigestion, they have gas in thier intestine which means they float arse up..... and simply need a decent fart. A simple change of diet will fix it.
Please stop flushing mildly constipated living things down the toilet. Thank jeebus you don't run an old folks home..