tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182828981001582609.post5410215038710270177..comments2023-10-30T06:07:54.919-05:00Comments on Making Stuff Up And Writing It Down: Lessons In Character Motivation From A Passive-Aggressive FishLynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182828981001582609.post-75804971664311214422012-01-28T21:36:10.794-06:002012-01-28T21:36:10.794-06:00Oh dear! You quite literally mothered him to death...Oh dear! You quite literally mothered him to death.Lynne Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182828981001582609.post-55659352400908206182012-01-28T21:29:54.055-06:002012-01-28T21:29:54.055-06:00I remember when we got our betta, the man at the p...I remember when we got our betta, the man at the pet store said to give it one flake of food every 3 days. One flake? Yeah, well that didn't happen. I'm Italian. I am genetically programmed to keep that food coming. My point here is they don't seem to need much food to survive. I like your passive-aggressive theory ...GinaRosatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06099074346037695048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182828981001582609.post-7773589950071078242011-01-18T23:05:56.079-06:002011-01-18T23:05:56.079-06:00Holy crap, an entire plate!? I'm amazed he sur...Holy crap, an entire plate!? I'm amazed he survived, but death by cookie wouldn't be a bad way to go. Glad he worked his way into a story!Lynne Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182828981001582609.post-87037635301423915992011-01-18T22:34:12.130-06:002011-01-18T22:34:12.130-06:00Bwahahahaha. That's just awesome. Oh fish do ...Bwahahahaha. That's just awesome. Oh fish do make for great stories. My daughter once fed an entire plate of snickerdoodles to our poor fish. I completely freaked out seeing his poor little mouth coming up through the swelling mass in want of air. He barely survived, though one fin was never the same. :) That event made its way into a short story and still makes me laugh to think about. <br /><br />Thanks for another good laugh. Give my respects to Beanie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182828981001582609.post-88529984568951326932011-01-18T08:44:32.048-06:002011-01-18T08:44:32.048-06:00Hmm, Sarah's probably right about the "ha...Hmm, Sarah's probably right about the "hanging by a thread," but I do like these conspiracy theories.Lynne Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182828981001582609.post-85486133033150460772011-01-18T08:24:43.458-06:002011-01-18T08:24:43.458-06:00Hahaha! I love this post. Thank you for the mornin...Hahaha! I love this post. Thank you for the morning laugh, Lynne. Maybe Beanie was a spy fish and he bonded with his subjects. He was going to confess everything to the girls as soon as they returned... but the syndicate got to him and shut him up for good.Shelli Cornelisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247205714804640362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182828981001582609.post-8308246000496089212011-01-18T05:40:22.377-06:002011-01-18T05:40:22.377-06:00Perhaps Beanie was just a confederate in an elabor...Perhaps Beanie was just a confederate in an elaborate social psychology experiment to examine guilt-motivated behaviors in college-aged females. And their mothers. <br /><br />Or, er, it could have been shock. Or coincidence (like, he was hanging on by a thread anyway).Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636585111057799728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182828981001582609.post-85452105962911768312011-01-18T00:25:39.510-06:002011-01-18T00:25:39.510-06:00Maybe while the girls were away, Beanie made some ...Maybe while the girls were away, Beanie made some powerful enemies who poisoned his food? No? Too many mafia movies for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182828981001582609.post-83873308865964774632011-01-18T00:25:27.163-06:002011-01-18T00:25:27.163-06:00I'm learning these are some resilient fish. I&...I'm learning these are some resilient fish. I'm amazed it didn't attack the cat from inside its stomach.Lynne Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182828981001582609.post-54522443268799760852011-01-18T00:15:18.625-06:002011-01-18T00:15:18.625-06:00Hilarious! My daughter had a beta that was dropped...Hilarious! My daughter had a beta that was dropped and the fish bowl shattered, (it lived), then the new fishbowl mysteriously cracked and all the water drained out (it lived) then it got a bulgy-fish infection (it lived) then we got a cat...um it became lunch (didn't live). The moral, betas are hard to kill! Tough little fish!Jennifer Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03569308594720227530noreply@blogger.com