Post by Canela on Sept 15, 2006 21:34:12 GMT -5
Backstory: There was a goldfish sale on campus the other day, to benefit the Steve Irwin Memorial Fund. Canela and three of her roommates bought fish. This is what happened when said roommates, who live close enough to Purchase to go home on weekends, were gone.
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ShiftyEyedCanela: brb, got to feed the fish.
(Several minutes later)
ShiftyEyedCanela: oooooh, sod.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Sara's fish is dead.
maskedcoconut: Oooh... sod.
ShiftyEyedCanela: She and Jessie went home for the weekend and I said I'd feed them.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Should I call and tell her?
maskedcoconut: Probably.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I think I should.
ShiftyEyedCanela: okay, brb
maskedcoconut: Word.
(Several minutes later)
ShiftyEyedCanela: "Um, Sara? I have some bad news."
ShiftyEyedCanela: "YOU KILLED MY FISH?!"
maskedcoconut: Haha. No, not funny. Shouldn't laugh.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I was trying not to.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Because it really isn't, but she was flipping out.
ShiftyEyedCanela: She sounded kinda drunk.
maskedcoconut: Is she likely to be?
ShiftyEyedCanela: Somewhat.
ShiftyEyedCanela: She said to leave it until Sunday so she can bury it.
maskedcoconut: Ew.
ShiftyEyedCanela: So now I have to figure out where to put the bowl, because I'm so not eating at a table with a dead fish on it. Especially if people are coming over.
maskedcoconut: Why not in her room? It's her dead fish.
ShiftyEyedCanela: It's locked.
maskedcoconut: Damn. In the bathroom? Under... the sink?
ShiftyEyedCanela: Should I buy her another one?
maskedcoconut: Well, did you kill it, or did it just randomly die?
ShiftyEyedCanela: Well, I went to feed them around 10:00 pm, which is when I feed mine.
ShiftyEyedCanela: He went, at most, 12 hours without food.
ShiftyEyedCanela: He couldn't starve in that time, could he?
maskedcoconut: Can that kill a fish? I don't think so.
ShiftyEyedCanela: No, neither do I.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Maybe I should... Get her a sympathy card from the bookstore?
maskedcoconut: How much do fish cost?
ShiftyEyedCanela: Cheap.
maskedcoconut: I dunno, might seem callous to buy her a new one right away.
ShiftyEyedCanela: The whole ensemble (fish, bowl, food) was $5.00, but it was for Steve Irwin.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Yeah, maybe.
(Several minutes later)
ShiftyEyedCanela: Okay, on second examination, Sara and Hillary's fish are on the table, but not Jessie's.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Jessie and Sara share a room, and they both went home, and I left a note on the whiteboard when I went to White Plains today, for anyone who wanted me to feed their fish to leave it on the dining room table.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I figured Hillary would have asked her roommate to feed her fish, which is why I didn't realize it wasn't Jessie's at first, I didn't look closely.
ShiftyEyedCanela: So Jessie's fish is locked in her room.
maskedcoconut: So whose fish is dead, again?
ShiftyEyedCanela: Sara's.
maskedcoconut: Hmm.
ShiftyEyedCanela: And possibly Jessie's, or at least, it will be by the end of the weekend from starvation. Maybe.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I dragged a chair over to the high shelf of the closet in the entryway and put Sara's fish on that, totally out of sight.
maskedcoconut: Heheh. Kinda gross, a dead fish in there. Don't forget about it.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Sara will probably demand to know where it is as soon as she gets back.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I think she wants to have a funeral.
maskedcoconut: Wow. Not the toilet kind, either?
ShiftyEyedCanela: She wanted me to flush it at first, then decided she'd rather wait until she's here so she can bury it.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I'm telling you, if it starts to stink, I'm flushing it.
maskedcoconut: Word.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Especially if Pretty Acoustic Guitar Boy comes over.
maskedcoconut: Word to that.
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ShiftyEyedCanela: brb, got to feed the fish.
(Several minutes later)
ShiftyEyedCanela: oooooh, sod.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Sara's fish is dead.
maskedcoconut: Oooh... sod.
ShiftyEyedCanela: She and Jessie went home for the weekend and I said I'd feed them.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Should I call and tell her?
maskedcoconut: Probably.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I think I should.
ShiftyEyedCanela: okay, brb
maskedcoconut: Word.
(Several minutes later)
ShiftyEyedCanela: "Um, Sara? I have some bad news."
ShiftyEyedCanela: "YOU KILLED MY FISH?!"
maskedcoconut: Haha. No, not funny. Shouldn't laugh.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I was trying not to.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Because it really isn't, but she was flipping out.
ShiftyEyedCanela: She sounded kinda drunk.
maskedcoconut: Is she likely to be?
ShiftyEyedCanela: Somewhat.
ShiftyEyedCanela: She said to leave it until Sunday so she can bury it.
maskedcoconut: Ew.
ShiftyEyedCanela: So now I have to figure out where to put the bowl, because I'm so not eating at a table with a dead fish on it. Especially if people are coming over.
maskedcoconut: Why not in her room? It's her dead fish.
ShiftyEyedCanela: It's locked.
maskedcoconut: Damn. In the bathroom? Under... the sink?
ShiftyEyedCanela: Should I buy her another one?
maskedcoconut: Well, did you kill it, or did it just randomly die?
ShiftyEyedCanela: Well, I went to feed them around 10:00 pm, which is when I feed mine.
ShiftyEyedCanela: He went, at most, 12 hours without food.
ShiftyEyedCanela: He couldn't starve in that time, could he?
maskedcoconut: Can that kill a fish? I don't think so.
ShiftyEyedCanela: No, neither do I.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Maybe I should... Get her a sympathy card from the bookstore?
maskedcoconut: How much do fish cost?
ShiftyEyedCanela: Cheap.
maskedcoconut: I dunno, might seem callous to buy her a new one right away.
ShiftyEyedCanela: The whole ensemble (fish, bowl, food) was $5.00, but it was for Steve Irwin.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Yeah, maybe.
(Several minutes later)
ShiftyEyedCanela: Okay, on second examination, Sara and Hillary's fish are on the table, but not Jessie's.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Jessie and Sara share a room, and they both went home, and I left a note on the whiteboard when I went to White Plains today, for anyone who wanted me to feed their fish to leave it on the dining room table.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I figured Hillary would have asked her roommate to feed her fish, which is why I didn't realize it wasn't Jessie's at first, I didn't look closely.
ShiftyEyedCanela: So Jessie's fish is locked in her room.
maskedcoconut: So whose fish is dead, again?
ShiftyEyedCanela: Sara's.
maskedcoconut: Hmm.
ShiftyEyedCanela: And possibly Jessie's, or at least, it will be by the end of the weekend from starvation. Maybe.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I dragged a chair over to the high shelf of the closet in the entryway and put Sara's fish on that, totally out of sight.
maskedcoconut: Heheh. Kinda gross, a dead fish in there. Don't forget about it.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Sara will probably demand to know where it is as soon as she gets back.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I think she wants to have a funeral.
maskedcoconut: Wow. Not the toilet kind, either?
ShiftyEyedCanela: She wanted me to flush it at first, then decided she'd rather wait until she's here so she can bury it.
ShiftyEyedCanela: I'm telling you, if it starts to stink, I'm flushing it.
maskedcoconut: Word.
ShiftyEyedCanela: Especially if Pretty Acoustic Guitar Boy comes over.
maskedcoconut: Word to that.