1.03.2008

A Fish Tale - Update #2

well, it's been 3 days since i last updated you on the status of the suicidal fish, so i guess it's time for an update. last night, i got home from work, said hello to katy and duncan, walked over to the fish bowls, checked for jumpers (they're all accounted for), dropped in some food and headed to the bedroom to change. about 10 minutes passed, i walked into the kitchen, glanced over at the fish bowls again, and what did i see....only one tiny silver, blue and orange fish swimming in the bowl. where was the other one? i immediately checked the counter and floor for another dead fish...nothing. i looked back into the bowl, and there it was, laying lifeless on the bottom of the rocks! wonderful!! all the while the other (and only remaning) tiny silver, blue and orange fish was just eating away.

frustrated, i removed the live fish and added him to the other bowl with the 3 different red, orange and black fish of different species. there, job done! whatever curse was present in that fish bowl was history! victory was mine....or so i thought. but, of course, as always, i was wrong!

within 5 minutes the 3 different red, orange and black fish of different species were head-butting the tiny silver, blue and orange fish to death. in the matter of a couple minutes, the tiny silver, blue and orange fish was dead, floating at the top of the bowl!!

were the 3 different red, orange and black fish of different species just "defending their turf" or was there more to it? had they witnessed the carnage that had taken place over the past week in the other fish bowl and decided to collectively rid themselves of the problem? was the now dead tiny silver, blue and orange fish the culprit all along? was he the murderer? had he caused all the other fish to die? are my 3 different red, orange and black fish the detectives that i was looking for all along? where they my david caruso? i'll keep you updated!