cate in columbus went out of town for a night, and sadly, her absence was enough to provoke her betta fish (pope shaivo the third) to jump out of his bowl and end it all. but cate says her roommates, apparently unwise to the suicidal tendencies of bettas, “thought i had placed it on my desk and just left it there!”
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stumble it!
47 responses so far ↓
#1 Jamie
This is why our Betta tanks have /lids/, cause they do have a bit of a habit of jumping out of them. x.x
Feb 9, 2008 at 4:33 am rating: 0
#2 Katy
I want to know how much kowtowing and groveling her roommates did once they realized what ‘tards they are.
Feb 9, 2008 at 4:38 am rating: +1
#3 doxgukka
i cant see nothing
Feb 9, 2008 at 4:45 am rating: 0
#4 mmx
I cant’t see this. Piece of shit yahoo or flickr or whatever is trying to make an account for me. I don’t want it! I just want to see the note!! Don’t want to invite friends to join or to have an account. This is seriously pissing me off.
WHY MY GOD, WHY MUST YOU TORTURE ME LIKE THIS!?
Feb 9, 2008 at 4:46 am rating: 0
#5 Khak
Also being hassled by flickr, can’t see pic
Feb 9, 2008 at 6:31 am rating: 0
#6 Troy McClure
Bettas can jump and Cate knew it;
Was it the roommates who blew it?
Ere casting my vote,
I would look at the note,
But Yahoo will not let me view it.
Feb 9, 2008 at 7:46 am rating: +10
#7 Starks
Flick’r is getting “flicked off” right now by ME. This sucks.
Feb 9, 2008 at 8:05 am rating: 0
#8 Wade
maybe the betta’s death wasn’t a suicide, and the photo is held as evidence.
this is the previous photo in the stream.
Feb 9, 2008 at 8:22 am rating: +4
#9 ALA
I had a betta named FDR. So, when I was given another betta, I named it Ellie. The first time I cleaned her bowl, I set it by the sink. Then I did some laundry…came back, washed some dishes…ran the garbage disposal…then noticed Ellie wasn’t in her bowl. Turns out, the bettas we buy are all male; apparently I gave my betta a gender identity crisis & s/he committed suicide by jumping into the sink & getting ground to bits by the garbage disposal.
Feb 9, 2008 at 8:45 am rating: 0
#10 Wade
while we wait patiently for the photo…
here is something fun betta suicide. enjoy
Feb 9, 2008 at 8:54 am rating: 0
#11 Canthz_B
Strange roomies, these.
I would think that the first thing a four year-old would do upon seeing a fish out of water would be to put it in the fishbowl and hope it’s not too late.
Feb 9, 2008 at 10:51 am rating: +2
#12 amy d
Isn’t a private PA note the ultimate in passive-aggression?!
Feb 9, 2008 at 10:57 am rating: +2
#13 Funky Warm Medina
why would you guys post a picture that says photo not available?
that no make-a any sense.
anyways, i had a friend whos beta did that and it stuck to the newspaper on her desk. she was so horrified after that, that now she basically has made a brick wall keeping the little sob inside.
Feb 9, 2008 at 12:02 pm rating: 0
#14 stuffed owl
Cannot view! Cannot view! The low-ceilinged banality of my own existence has been revealed to me.
Feb 9, 2008 at 12:41 pm rating: +2
#15 Jo
I love the beta’s name. I don’t know if the poster intended “Pope Shaivo” to be funny or to be a reference to Margaret Cho’s bit about how the coverage of Terry Shaivo was at least a relief from the Pope coverage, but it made me laugh.
Feb 9, 2008 at 12:51 pm rating: 0
#16 secondsout
I had a roommate in college who had an aquarium with several fish in it. He went to Wal-Mart and bought a new angel fish, and within a few short days, that same fish was dead, floating at the top of the tank. He got mad, scooped out the fish and sad he was going to Wal-Mart to get his money back. Several days later, I found a ziploc bag in the closet that contained a severely decomposed fish corpse. It smelled lovely. Fortunately, he agreed to throw the thing away immediately, rather than try to recoup his $ at Wal-Mart.
Feb 9, 2008 at 1:08 pm rating: +2
#17 Grimfool_Reluctant
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Feb 9, 2008 at 1:22 pm rating: +2
#18 Yourmother
Please rehost for us non-Yahoo! bitches!
Feb 9, 2008 at 1:54 pm rating: 0
#19 Yourmother
Ty for the rehost! FISHKILLER!
Feb 9, 2008 at 2:43 pm rating: 0
#20 Canthz_B
What part of flushing the toilet did the roommates not understand?
It could have been such a moving service!
Feb 9, 2008 at 2:51 pm rating: 0
#21 Canthz_B
An aquarium story…swear to God this is true…My first wife’s mother cleaned my sister-in-law’s aquarium one day.
She was quite proud of herself and in fact pointed out how the fish were swimming faster, apparently they were much happier now.
We found out later that all of the fish had died…she had hit the temperature control in the tank and turned it up a few notches while cleaning!
Feb 9, 2008 at 3:01 pm rating: 0
#22 Team Cassandra
Oy! I have a friend who was NOT good with his fish. They were given to him by some friends who were moving out of the country. A really beautiful tank full of a variety of fish…just lovely when he got it.
He would neglect to feed them, neglect to check the temperature, neglect to clean the tank. He did these things but only very rarely and inconsistently. One by one they died off. There were three or four left - one of them was the now-infamous Angel(Devil) Fish.
The Angel Fish thrived, somehow, in this environment and became quite large. One day, the Angel Fish started eating the other fish. But slowly. Not all at once, likely, because it wasn’t sure when the next meal was coming. And if you looked it, it looked back at you. That thing was ultra-creepy.
A few weeks after the last fish had been eaten, my friend went on vacation and asked me to care for his fish. I was always happy when this happened because it meant I could CARE for them
Well, I flew in ready to fight my fear of that freaky fish and I found that it had finished itself. It must have been planning the suicide for a while because there was only one corner of the tank uncovered that it could possibly fit through.
So ends my chilling tale.
PS. Yes, I DID tell him to take care of his fish but he’s a little wacky like that. It’s why I stick around; he worries me too much to leave him on his own.
Feb 9, 2008 at 3:35 pm rating: +5
#23 Canthz_B
Is the proper burial of a fish a burial at sea? That may not be a practical prospect for an Ohio resident.
Team Flush It
Feb 9, 2008 at 3:37 pm rating: +1
#24 Robin Claire
that’s hilarious!
Feb 9, 2008 at 7:20 pm rating: 0
#25 mamason
I think it’s amazing that Cate’s last name just happens to be Fishkiller. What were the chances?
Feb 9, 2008 at 9:47 pm rating: +5
#26 Susanna
Bettas, apparently, are actually quite hardy fish who can survive for a long time out of water. My brother found his “dead” betta under some furniture and covered in dust after a long time. He put it back in water, and it revived. Cate might want to try that next time…
Feb 10, 2008 at 11:12 am rating: +1
#27 Writerrejected
Ironically Cate means “fish killer” in celtic.
Feb 10, 2008 at 12:07 pm rating: +1
#28 GhostWriter
Little Known Fact:
Some fish can be resuscitated, even after several hours of lying on the table next to their bowl. They may be dry and stiff, but they are not yet dead. Hold them by the tail in some water, and try to work the water into the fish’s gills. They’ll start wiggling in a minute or two.
I’ve personally done this with a goldfish and it lived for another four months.
Feb 11, 2008 at 9:18 am rating: +1
#29 Lu
I guess we know why his name is pope shaivo the 3rd. I assume the two priors met a similiar fate. Maybe Cate should try some other pet since these don’t seem to work well for her.
Feb 11, 2008 at 1:35 pm rating: 0
#30 unholyghost2003
Am I the only one who wonders if this is how Lisa’s fish ended up in some poor innocent guy’s pocket?
http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/02/07/a-friend-of-a-friend-is-our-enemy/
Feb 11, 2008 at 3:10 pm rating: 0
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