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Fishes and Watches
Jul. 6th, 2007 12:06 amI have recently (i.e. in the last few minutes) come to a conclusion about the similarities between fishes and watches. There's only really the one that I can think of and that's the only one that matters at this juncture.
When you (or, in this case, I) buy something new you usually want to use it right after you got. Play with it. It's a new toy, after all. But Fishes and Watches both don't work that way (I have recent experience with both these situations [did I mention I got a new watch?]). See, with a new watch you can set the time, and press a bunch of buttons, but ultimately all you can do with it is let it sit on your wrist so you can see what time it is. Likewise, when you buy a fish (for example a sucker fish, who may, or may not, be named Steve) you can introduce it to it's new environment, you can be amused by the trails that are already visible in the algae on your tank's skull, but ultimately all you can do is watch it sit on the bottom and hide underneath your plastic plant.
And there you have it. Watches and Fish: they just sit around.
(This ramble has been brought to you by the letter S and the number 0014.)
When you (or, in this case, I) buy something new you usually want to use it right after you got. Play with it. It's a new toy, after all. But Fishes and Watches both don't work that way (I have recent experience with both these situations [did I mention I got a new watch?]). See, with a new watch you can set the time, and press a bunch of buttons, but ultimately all you can do with it is let it sit on your wrist so you can see what time it is. Likewise, when you buy a fish (for example a sucker fish, who may, or may not, be named Steve) you can introduce it to it's new environment, you can be amused by the trails that are already visible in the algae on your tank's skull, but ultimately all you can do is watch it sit on the bottom and hide underneath your plastic plant.
And there you have it. Watches and Fish: they just sit around.
(This ramble has been brought to you by the letter S and the number 0014.)
