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Yeah it was great pearls, but got out of hand and the council stepped in, think I saw I kitchen sink at one stage , people were just dumping things

To be honest it was supposed to be a pick up and read, not a pick up and sell on ebay

 

Think you're right about the rolling pin.

"Mr. H.W. Johnston... has been working for several years... on microscopic observations on the scales of salmon in all stages of growth."

Debora

 

As to its bus stop provenance... "Flounders, keepers" is what I say.

Debora

 

It was a right pain in the bass, cause no one could find a plaice to sit, all gone now thank cod

 

Ouch! To quote Charles Lamb... A pun is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

Debora

 

Yeah, he may have said that

But I wonder Who Charles would rather sit next to at my dinner party. Is it me with my endless fishy puns or Mr Johnston talking about the microscopic observations on the scales of salmon in all stages of growth ?

To be honest I don't think either of us will be tickling his intellect

But one of us or both might get shot

 

I don't think Mr. Johnston was extended too many dinner invitations.

Debora

 

Oh I see. I love reading stories here, I always find out stuff I never heard about.

 

It is still morning here, and my language detecting skills aren't up to speed yet.
A bit of information before reading the first sentence in the first link Charlie posted: the Dutch word Kelt means Celt (as in people).

"kelts refrain from feeding on the young of trout or even their own offspring"
Then he talks about putting kelts in salt water etc...

This is going to be another confusing day for yours truly.

 

Thanks, after some confusion I looked it up.

I am sure Alex Salmond isn't feeling too well after the scandals, but that is taking it a bit far.

 

The late Kip Adotta would be proud....... made me smile .... and remember his record......



Wet Dream..... Kip Adotta



It was April the 41st
Being a quadruple leap year
I was driving through downtown Atlantis
My Barracuda was in the shop, so
I was in a rented Stingray
And it was overheating
So I pulled into a Shell station
They said I'd blown a seal
I said, "Fix the damn thing
And leave my private life out of it
Okay, pal?"
While they were doing that
I walked over to a place called the Oyster Bar
A real dive
But I knew the owner
He used to play for the Dolphins
I said, "Hi, Gil!"
You hafta yell, he's hard of herring
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' through the Gulf Stream
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Wet dream
Gil was also down on his luck
Fact is, he was barely keeping his head below water
I gullied up to the sandbar
He poured the usual
Rusty snail, hold the grunion, shaken, not stirred
With a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich on the side Heavy on the mako
I slipped him a fin, on porpoise
I was feeling good
I even dropped a sand dollar in the box for Jerry's squids
For the halibut
Well, the place was crowded
We were packed in like sardines
They were all there to listen to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsal
What sole
Tommy was rockin' the place with a very popular tuna Salmon Chanted Evening
And the stage was surrounded by screaming groupers
Probably there to see the bass player
One of them was this cute little yellowtail
And she's giving me the eye
So I figure, this is my chance for a little fun
You know -- a piece of Pisces
But she said things I just couldn't fathom
She was too deep
Seemed to be under a lot of pressure
Boy, could she drink
She drank like a... she drank a lot
I said, "What's your sign?"
She said, "Aquarium"
I said, "Great! Let's get tanked."
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' through the Gulf Stream
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Wet dream
I invite her up to my place for a little midnight bait
I say, "C'mon baby, it'll only take a few minnows"
She threw me that same old line
"Not tonight, I got a haddock"
And she wasn't kiddin' either
'Cause in came the biggest, meanest looking haddock
I'd ever seen come down the pike
He was covered with mussels
He came over to me,
He said, "Listen shrimp
Don't you come trolling around here"
What a crab
This guy was steamed
I could see the anchor in his eyes
I turned to him
I said, "Abalone! You're just being shellfish"
Well, I knew there was going to be trouble
And so did Gil
'Cause he was already on the phone to the cods
The haddock hits me with a sucker punch
I catch him with a left hook
He eels over
It was a fluke
But there he was, lying on the deck
Flat as a mackerel
Kelpless
I said, "Forget the cods, Gil
This guy's gonna need a sturgeon"
Well, the yellowtail was impressed
With the way I landed her boyfriend
She came over to me, she said
"Hey big boy, you're really a game fish"
"What's your name?"
I said, "Marlin"
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' through the Gulf Stream
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Wet dream
Well from then on, we had a whale of a time
I took her to dinner
I took her to dance
I bought her a bouquet of flounders
And then I went home with her
And what did I get for my trouble?
A case of the clams
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' through the Gulf Stream
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Wet dream

 

Thanks for that really raysed my spirits

 

and as they would say in France , " la fin " .

 

Very interesting!
Leslie