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From: peter.unmack at ASU.Edu[SMTP:peter.unmack at ASU.Edu]
Sent: Friday, October 23, 1998 2:48 AM
To: 'rainbowfish at pcug.org.au'
Subject: Re: [RML] FW: Fishy Story (fwd)
On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Chad Mastbergen wrote:
> Sorry couldn't resist
>
> Chad
But you didn't finish it Chad, these are the lines to a song (of which I have
a copy). The last line is one of the better, "and what did I get for my
troubles....a case of the clams....."
Tootles
Peter Unmack
> It was April 4th 44, being a quadruple leap year, I was
> driving downtown Atlantis, my Baracuda was in the shop, so
> I was in a rented Stingray and it was overheating. I pulled
> into a Shell Station, they said I'd blown a seal. I said
> "Fix the damn thing and leave my private life out of it,
> pal".
>
> While they were doing that I walked over to a place called
> The Oyster Bar, a real dive. But I knew the owner, he used
> to play for the Dolphins. I said "Hi, Gill!" (you have to
> yell, he's hard of herring) Gill was also down on his luck,
> fact is, he was barely keeping his head below water. I
> bellied up to the Sand Bar, he poured the usual: Rusty
> Grunion, shaken not stirred, with a peanut butter and
> jellyfish sandwich on the side, heavy on the mako. I
> slipped a fin, on porpoise.
>
> I was feeling good. I even dropped a sand dollar in the box
> for Jerry's Squids. For the halibut. Well, the place was
> crowded - we were packed in like sardines. They were all
> there to listen to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsal.
> What sole. Tommy was rocking the place with a very popular
> tuna, "Sand Enchanted Evening". The stage was surrounded by
> screaming guppies, probably there to see the bass player.
>
> One of them was this cute little yellowtail. She was giving
> me the eye, so I thought this was chance to have a little
> fun. Or a piece of Pisces. But she said things I just
> couldn't fathom. She was too deep. Seemed to be under a lot
> of pressure. Boy, could she drink! She drank ........ she
> drank a lot. I said "What's your sign?", she said
> "Aquarium". I said "Great! Let's get tanked!" I invited her
> up to my place for a little midnight bait. I said "C'mon,
> it'll only take a few minnows". She threw me that same old
> line, "Not tonight - I got a haddock".
>
> She wasn't kidding either, because just then in came in the
> biggest, meanest haddock I ever seen come down the pike. He
> was covered with mussels. He came over to me and said
> "Listen Shrimp! Don't you come trolling around here!" What
> a crab. This guy was steamed. I could see the anchor in his
> eyes. I turned to him and said "Abalone! - you're just
> being shellfish". Well, I knew there was going to be
> trouble, and so did Gill, because he was already on the
> phone to the cods. The haddock hits me with a sucker punch.
> I catch him with a left hook. He eels over. It was a fluke,
> but there he was, lying on the deck, as flat as a mackerel.
> Kelpless. I said "Forget the cods, Gill, this guy's gonna
> need a sturgeon".
>
> Well, the yellowtail was impressed with the way I landed
> her boyfriend. She came over to me, she said "Hey big boy,
> you're really a game fish - what's your name?" I said
> "Marlin". Well, from then on we had a whale of a time. I
> took her to dinner, I took her to dance, I bought her a
> bouquet of flounders.
>
>
>
>
>
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