Please pick up your fish!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TELL US WHAT HAPPENED I MUST KNOW

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[Anonymous]

OP back Apologies for the delay but I was busy last night taking care of three kids AND A FISH!!!

We drove by neighbor's house on our way home but no lights on. But a car in the driveway. I can just imagine neighbor hiding the in dark haha! DH went by at 7pm and still, no one home. I will not leave Goldie on the porch to suffer an unknown fate. S/he is family now. But I will try again tonight.

The fish saga continues....I can not believe I got myself into this ridiculous situation.

And yes, let's leave my sex life out of this hahahaha!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is hysterical -- absolutely hysterical! I'd been wondering what the title of the thread could possibly mean, and this whole string has exceeded all expectations. Well done, OP and DCUMers!

Cannot wait to see how the Goldie Saga plays out!

X1,000 Thank you, OP. I so needed this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe I just got on my computer, went to DCUM, read the recent topics, couldn't find this there, and searched for fish tank neighbor, just to find out the status of the fish.

I need a life.

But more importantly, did your DH go to drop off the fish?

Me too! I was laughing so hard yesterday I logged on this AM to read more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP back Apologies for the delay but I was busy last night taking care of three kids AND A FISH!!!

We drove by neighbor's house on our way home but no lights on. But a car in the driveway. I can just imagine neighbor hiding the in dark haha! DH went by at 7pm and still, no one home. I will not leave Goldie on the porch to suffer an unknown fate. S/he is family now. But I will try again tonight.

The fish saga continues....I can not believe I got myself into this ridiculous situation.

And yes, let's leave my sex life out of this hahahaha!

Maybe the neighbor entered the witness protection program? You may never see them again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP back Apologies for the delay but I was busy last night taking care of three kids AND A FISH!!!

We drove by neighbor's house on our way home but no lights on. But a car in the driveway. I can just imagine neighbor hiding the in dark haha! DH went by at 7pm and still, no one home. I will not leave Goldie on the porch to suffer an unknown fate. S/he is family now. But I will try again tonight.

The fish saga continues....I can not believe I got myself into this ridiculous situation.

And yes, let's leave my sex life out of this hahahaha!

Well, then, at this point, I would plan to keep the fish. If the neighbor asks, you can look bewildered and act as though the fish was never his to beginwith. There is apparently no paper trail to show that you were fish-sitting (does he even know your name?!?).

Congratulations on the new addition to the family.

[Anonymous]

Can you leave a note on his door?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you leave a note on his door?

Too sensible! Get on with the spirit of the other replies!

[Anonymous]

Fish orphan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't have bought more food. I would have shot an email/text/call to this inconsiderate guy and told him you were out of food, know he's back in town and to please pick up the fish tonight. My nephew left his frogs with me too long without enough food and I did that with great results. I also do not accept any such future requests from people who take advantage.

For whom? Not for the frogs, I assume.

He picked up his frogs that day. I would not have let them go hungry but feeding them live crickets was giving me the heebie jeebies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. This is totally a Seinfeld episode. What is going to happen next is that the neighbor comes to pick up the fish on Thursday. But the fish will die on Thursday, right before he picks him up. Of course, I will say, he was still alive on Sunday when you were supposed to pick it up! But neighbor will think it's been dead the entire time!!

My DH gets home around 7PM - I may ask him to go to neighbor's house.

So, is it *REALLY* a fish, or is it like a tadpole with a fish's name (is it named Donna?)

No - the fish's name rhymes with a female body part...

Mulva?

DELORES!!!!

Is this the fish's name or can we keep guessing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP back Apologies for the delay but I was busy last night taking care of three kids AND A FISH!!!

We drove by neighbor's house on our way home but no lights on. But a car in the driveway. I can just imagine neighbor hiding the in dark haha! DH went by at 7pm and still, no one home. I will not leave Goldie on the porch to suffer an unknown fate. S/he is family now. But I will try again tonight.

The fish saga continues....I can not believe I got myself into this ridiculous situation.

And yes, let's leave my sex life out of this hahahaha!

Keep watching the news. This happens on American Greed all the time. One moment they are friendly, upstanding neighbor...the next they are on a plane to Costa Rica with the FBI in hot pursuit. You can be the neighbor in disbelief left holding...the fishbowl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. This is totally a Seinfeld episode. What is going to happen next is that the neighbor comes to pick up the fish on Thursday. But the fish will die on Thursday, right before he picks him up. Of course, I will say, he was still alive on Sunday when you were supposed to pick it up! But neighbor will think it's been dead the entire time!!

My DH gets home around 7PM - I may ask him to go to neighbor's house.

So, is it *REALLY* a fish, or is it like a tadpole with a fish's name (is it named Donna?)

No - the fish's name rhymes with a female body part...

Mulva?

Celeste?

Bovary?

(Clearly I know my Seinfeld very well!)

[Anonymous]

While some types of fish can live under the ice in a frozen pond (not frozen IN the ice)

Now I have "King of Pain" in my head.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can you leave a note on his door?

Too sensible! Get on with the spirit of the other replies!

I think OP isn't trying too hard to return the fish. Perhaps its because her kids have gotten attached or perhaps she has nefarious plans. Sushi?