photo courtesy of mark and the other mark
A duck walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "Have you got any grapes?" The bartender replies, "This is a bar. We don't have grapes." The next day, the duck walks into the bar and again asks, "Do you have any grapes?" The bartender says, "Look, we don't serve grapes. Get the hell outta here." Sure enough, the very next day, the duck again walks into the bar and asks, "Got any grapes?" The bartender screams at the duck, "If you come in here one more goddamn time, I'm going to nail those damn webbed feet of yours to the floor!" A few days pass, and then the duck walks into the bar again. The bartender notices the duck and says, "I'm warning you!" The duck asks, "Do you have any nails?" The bartender replies, "No, you stupid duck, we don't have those either!" So the duck asks, "Got any grapes?"
gawd, i love that joke. it never gets old.
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"How's the aquarium going?" she asked, sneaking up from behind. "oh, it's good," i replied, "with these, i'll be at the limit of the tank," referring to the baggie of squiggling fish and other aquarium junk i was juggling. "How was your vacation?" She then went into some detail about her florida trip, and we exchanged other tidbits with trepidation and shyness before i wrapped it up with a lame-ass "well, i'd better get these fish home" or some shit like that. jeez. i didn't even formally introduce myself. i'm pretty sure she knows my name already (we both have nametag jobs) but still... i can't even talk to the nerdy/cute pet store chick without acting like a shy little boy. hell, maybe she likes shy little 26 year olds. maybe she takes advantage of them. luckily the fish truck didn't come in today as scheduled, so i have a reason to come back again soon and be taken advantage of.
Sharkie was up in arms (fins?) when he saw his new recruits. He looked like he was thinking, "what the hell is this guy doing? a shark can't get any privacy in his own damn log." he stared and shook his head in disbelief as i opened the bag to let the new guys in. Sharkie, the bala shark, is the captain of the tank, and seems to be the only fish that knows i'm watching from the outside. he also had dibs on
the hollow log (his swanky, sharky bachelor pad) until Gil (the algae eater) moved in, and now Nibbles (the tiger barb) is pissing him off as well. but Nibbles has 3 new barb friends, so hopefully he will leave Sharkie the hell alone. Sharkie is also the newest member of the blarf team. he will be publishing his first post soon. until then, happy blarf reading.
What i'm listening to: Peter Gabriel: The Definitive Two CD Collection, David Bowie: Best of Bowie CD/DVD (ooh! limited edition!) i've liked these guys for some time but never owned any of their stuff. it's always a pleasant surprise to hear a song you like, but can't identify, on a hits CD that you now own. (for example, i love Sledgehammer and Space Oddity, but i always wondered who did In Your Eyes and Rebel Rebel--now i know.)
