September 30, 2005
[aquamen] 4:08 PM
Boy has a fishtank. While fish aren't my ideal pet (that would be a tiger, and I am no Roy Horn, I assure you) they are something. I can enjoy watching them swim around, and I feel mildy responsible by feeding them.
Somehow Boy knows all the names to the types of fish he owns, whereas my brain can only point out (for certain) the clawed menace that resides inside the treasure chest on the bottom of the tank is prawn.
At first I thought Mr. Prawn was charming and neat (Pepe the Muppet lead me to believe so), but I assure you, prawns are evil.
After a successfully suicidal fish was found behind the tank yesterday, Boy got a replacement, and last night while we ate pasta, Mr. Prawn ate the new fish.
"Ate" isn't actually right, it's more like "caught the poor new fish and kept it alive, half in his mouth, half dangling out." Since prawns are translucent shellfish, you could see Mr. New Fish just kind of sitting there, waiting to die.
I may or may not have had a bad dream about it.
You thought Pepe was non-evil? Blimey.
Posted by: matt at September 30, 2005 6:41 PMIt was Mr. Prawn! In the Aquarium! With the Lead Pipe!
Posted by: paul at October 3, 2005 6:15 PMboy that must be one of the worst ways to go.
Posted by: Claudia at October 4, 2005 11:12 AM
