Cheers, Andrew
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Gary wrote:
> I don't know if Al Anderson is still on the RML list but he is a die-hard
> killi-nut. Several years ago his local club in Indianapolis was nothing but
> a sorry bunch of cichlid fans. (some pretty good ones though). They would
> taunt him about his "stupid, unimportant minnows" that went for .50 a pair.
> Then one day they started noticing that Al was now buying their young
> cichlids at the meetings. Even with those rare cichlids that you bought for
> $50 a pair, if they are true to form, they eventually produce so many fish
> that they end up going for $1 a bag at the auction. They laughed and
> laughed at Al. "You've finally gotten with the program" they said,
> "Cichlids rule", or something to that effect. He said, "yes, I guess you
> all have given me food for thought".
>
> Turns out that "Thought" was his 4 inch snapping turtle! Once they found
> out all of the cichlid bags started going for higher prices so they didn't
> become turtle food!
>
> Gary Lange
> gwlange at STLNET.com
> Rainbowfish Study Group of North America
> http://home.stlnet.com/~gwlange/rainbowfish.index.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Hansen <bruceh at powerup.com.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
> Date: Thursday, December 09, 1999 6:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [RML] SPAM No traffic?
>
>
> >Andrew apparently was as impressed as I was with John Cann's address to the
> >ANGFA Convention in Canberra in October. Every time he showed a shot of a
> >fish he muttered " turtlefood" and moved on - I really like fish but he had
> >me convinced :-)
> >
> >Regards,
> >Bruce Hansen
> >president at angfa.org.au
> >Please visit us at http://www.angfa.org.au
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Andrew" <andrew at pcug.org.au>
> >> I found someone the other week who has a solution to that age-old
> >problem -
> >> what to do with Rainbowfish that are a little over-bred and under-well?
> >>
> >> His answer? Turtles! :) What does everyone else think?
> >>
> >
> >
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