Thursday, April 20, 2006

Heeeeeeere Fishy, Fishy, Fishy, Fishy!

• Eric is the biggest fish we have, so I thought he'd be a good enforcer for the star in his vase. A good mate and myself had been following the career of a NHL enforcer named Eric Cairns partly because his surname can also refer to a female body part, but mainly because of his attitude to hockey (hockey fighting in particular).
• Oh eck! Eric is Bananaman - a cartoon I used to watch a lot in my youth. I only just discovered now - that the whole show (male parts anyway) was voiced by The Goodies.
• Eric's got no pull (see The Jerky Boys 4).
• When we used to have chickens at our house - one was called Eric (named after my grandfather).

• Due to the yellow, black and silver colouring - I chose to name this fish after the youngest player to score 100 points in the NHL - Sidney Crosby.
• Even though he has more assists than goals in his rookie year - Bell thought "Scores" would be a good surname for Sid the Fish.
• Although I put Eric in the vase with Crosby to protect him - turns out Crosby's a bit of a nutter. He keeps taking runs at his roommates - and sometimes swims straight into the glass walls.

• The final Carpet Muncher was called Buster as he was the smallest of all 6 fish. Although he's small - he's always at the top of the bowl when it's dinner time. Bell and I aren't necessarily huge fans of Busta Rhymes - but thought the surname fit.

• Bell thought of Fins as a good name for a fish - and decided to bestow this name on the fish with the white fins.

• Bell's a big fan of Tigers, so when we decided Fluffy Apples was a stupid name, we went with Tiger Fish.

• Those who know Bell know of her Lara Croft obsession - so it was fair enough that one fish was named after the Tomb Raider.
• Lara seems to be the smartest of the fish - as she was the first one game enough to eat the food we put in their bowls.
• Lara was originally called Spot - until Belinda decided that the fish was definitely female.

Comments

gav	Not only do you have fish, they have well thought out names and are MEMBERS OF URBAN GANGS! You have taken nerd to a new level. But I must admit gang-bangin' fish are pretty cool. # Posted - 23/04/2006 22:23:00
joeldixon Posts: 170	Are fish nerdy? I guess so - you did have some in your youth (burn - comedic genius). I guess they are gangs, though we set the scene for some butter-holes last night when all fish were in the one bowl for water change purposes. Luckily noone was injured, but Crosby did seem to want to injure a few of the others! # Posted - 23/04/2006 22:45:00
gav	Yes, fish are nerdy - but I must admit I have them too. Well Ollie does anyway. Props on the Ernie reference in the title too. # Posted - 24/04/2006 08:46:00
joeldixon Posts: 170	Ha ha - I was wondering if I had the right amount of e's in the title for the Ernie reference to be noticed! And I was actually considering calling one of my fish "Housey" in recognition of Ollie's great skill of pet naming. # Posted - 29/04/2006 02:01:00
Brad Posts: 23	I got the Ernie reference, too... if you wanted to be totally obvious you could have put a "xhee xhee xhee xhee" after it. (It's practically impossible to phonetically spell Ernie's laugh...) And you could have killed two birds with one stone and called a fish Phil Housley, thereby satisfying both the hockey requirement and the "House" tribute. # Posted - 18/05/2006 10:57:00
joeldixon Posts: 170	I like the xhee xhee xhee spelling - knew exactly what you were talking about when I read it. Perhaps I should have called one of the fish Hugh Laurie! # Posted - 21/05/2006 22:18:00