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is everyone hung over on grog?
Posted by: Chaz | September 20, 2006 at 09:55 AM
who knew there was a difference between flushing water and drinking water? not my dog...
Posted by: Chazamataz The Terrible | September 20, 2006 at 09:56 AM
Must be some elaborate anti-Catholic plot.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | September 20, 2006 at 09:58 AM
Blog number of comments off again today....
Anyone else in the mood for spinach? All that talk....makes me want a salad...
I am half thinking of risking it....
Posted by: Chazamataz The Terrible | September 20, 2006 at 10:00 AM
So they claim they use the flush water to clean the floors.
Gives a whole new meaning to the 10 second rule. You've got 10 seconds to get to the can before your parrot flux explodes.
Posted by: GoatThumper | September 20, 2006 at 10:01 AM
Exploding Parrot Flux WBA really excellent NFA punk RG.
Posted by: Clean Hands | September 20, 2006 at 10:05 AM
"From a layman's point of view, I do have concerns about our health"
Adding, "Yet, as a public official and health professional, I am obliged to shrug the whole thing off as an over-reaction by crybaby health nuts."
ps: reminds me of W.C. Field's quote, "I don't drink water, fish **** in it."
Posted by: Lairbo | September 20, 2006 at 10:05 AM
HOLD UP PEOPLE!!! This happened in China and ..."the department conducted one last surprise inspection with police and found three of the 24 visited shops"
I sense a Jack connection
Posted by: 24 | September 20, 2006 at 10:07 AM
Good name for a band: Mong Kok District.
Posted by: grammaw_marina | September 20, 2006 at 10:10 AM
So... Jack has franchised a series of seafood shops with dodgy water-reclamation practices?
Fish don't have thighs, which limits their usefulness in his favorite recreational activity.
Posted by: Clean Hands | September 20, 2006 at 10:10 AM
The "fecal-oral route" would not be a good name for anything.
Posted by: Jacki | September 20, 2006 at 10:12 AM
According to a spokeswoman for the FEHD, an inspection conducted at the site earlier Tuesday found "no irregularities"...
Quite the contrary, I would think.
Posted by: Ford79 | September 20, 2006 at 10:13 AM
Oh, I dunno. Exploding parrot flux sounds hyper-regular to me...
Posted by: Clean Hands | September 20, 2006 at 10:15 AM
fecal fishing is Fun
Posted by: Chaz | September 20, 2006 at 10:15 AM
Dave it's nice that you thought of me and used my initials as the title of your post about toilet water in the fish tanks. But, it is also a little disturbing, so please do not do so next time.
In other news I should fill my own fish tank with toilet water; think of all the money it will save me.
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | September 20, 2006 at 10:15 AM
as long as no one is licking the fish, does it matter?
Posted by: crossgirl | September 20, 2006 at 10:16 AM
And third? I guess most of you guys don't count for anything.
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | September 20, 2006 at 10:17 AM
What do you think the fish do in the water? Hmmmm? do they politely excuse themselves and jump out or the water holdin' their breath, do their business, then wriggle back in?
This message brought to you by the Wyoming Cattleman's Association. "Beef, it's what's for dinner."
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | September 20, 2006 at 10:21 AM
i would never eat anything caught out of the east river in NYC....or miami river
Posted by: Chaz | September 20, 2006 at 10:26 AM
Having seen the consistency of harbor water in that part of the world, I'm surprised they can get it to move through a pipe.
Posted by: Stupendous Man | September 20, 2006 at 10:33 AM
crossgirl...these are fish sold to EAT!!
Posted by: Chaz | September 20, 2006 at 10:37 AM
Water all over the world is contaminated. Just to be safe, I only drink water after it's been boiled with grains and then "steeped" with yeast and hops. Much safer that way, I think.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | September 20, 2006 at 10:38 AM
If Jack says fish have thighs, then, by golly, those fish will have thighs! And he will shoot them.
Posted by: Suzy Q | September 20, 2006 at 10:40 AM
Nothing bad can live in beer, Wyo.
Unless you get a bad acetobacteria infection, in which case, just wait a while, and you have malt vinegar instead of beer. (But discovering this midway through the transformation is... unpleasant.)
Posted by: Clean Hands | September 20, 2006 at 10:40 AM
Heck, even ocean fish are swimming around in their own pee... What's the diff?
Posted by: Higgy | September 20, 2006 at 10:40 AM
ewwwww to infinity and beyond!
Posted by: puppytoes | September 20, 2006 at 10:41 AM
If I am using the drinking fountain at work, whenever the toilets flush, the water pressure goes down.
Posted by: oneblankspace | September 20, 2006 at 10:41 AM
Higgy, the Wyo. Cattleman's Assoc. is offering you a spokes
manperson's position. (gotta stay PC)Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | September 20, 2006 at 10:44 AM
the department conducted one last surprise inspection with police
"SUPLISE!"
*rimshot*
Posted by: MOTW | September 20, 2006 at 10:45 AM
oneblank - that's a good thing. If the pressure in the fountain goes UP when the toilet is flushed you need to worry.
MOTW - one of my favorites
Posted by: pogo | September 20, 2006 at 10:50 AM
(to the tune of... see previous post)
ohhh, your fish is filled with feces, yes it is
ohhh, your fish is filled with feces, yes it is!
Don't eat salmon, tuna, flounder
Just choke down that Quarter Pounder
'Cause your fish is full of feces, yes it is!
Posted by: insomniac | September 20, 2006 at 10:53 AM
Hold on i am confused! Flushing water is untreated sea water! The fish are originally from untreated sea water. You would eat the fish if you caught it off a boat but not if it was later put in sea water?
Posted by: The end | September 20, 2006 at 10:55 AM
Triple *snork* MOTW, pogo and insom. I might not get much work done this morning.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | September 20, 2006 at 10:55 AM
well chaz, then that's a bigger problem. does peta know?
we have never had good luck keeping aquarium type fish alive at my house. i think i'll try toilet water for the next attempt.
Posted by: crossgirl | September 20, 2006 at 11:00 AM
"Wow! This fish is great! What's the secret to your recipe!"
"Ancient Chinese Secret!"
If you remember those commercials,you are officially as old as me.
Posted by: Beppie | September 20, 2006 at 11:01 AM
Yes, Beppie I remember them. and the Dove in the kitchen window too.
*waddles off to find his teeth*
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | September 20, 2006 at 11:05 AM
and i was alway told that was a mud vein!
Posted by: The end | September 20, 2006 at 11:07 AM
snorking at insom, and oh, ewww.
Posted by: queensbee | September 20, 2006 at 11:08 AM
I fondly remember White Owl commercials too.
The minute you walked in the joint,
I could tell you were a real big spender...
and Winston, Camel and Kool
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | September 20, 2006 at 11:09 AM
Does this fish smell funny to you?
Posted by: stmosquito | September 20, 2006 at 11:15 AM
I remember "ancient chinese secret"....Calgon
toiletwater softenerPosted by: Chaz | September 20, 2006 at 11:17 AM
now I've got, "LaChoy make Chinese food... Swing... American!" stuck in there.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | September 20, 2006 at 11:19 AM
I remember "ancient Chinese secret" the store where Gob gets his Sword of Destiny! :-)
Speaking of the great Jack Bauer...I was watching the DVD special features for season 4 last night...there is a prequel (I don't know where they showed it, my guess is just the Internet) where he gets fired, and walks out saying "I can get my own f***in' job." I was like, whoa, watch out FCC!
Posted by: Betsi | September 20, 2006 at 11:21 AM
Fecal. Fecal who need fecal...
Posted by: Stevie W | September 20, 2006 at 11:59 AM
I always wondered about that brown sauce.
Posted by: Stevie W | September 20, 2006 at 12:00 PM
"Yes, I'll have the veal and the lady will have the brown trout."
Posted by: Layzeeboy | September 20, 2006 at 12:02 PM
stevie, do we need to call in a TP strike on your earworm bunker?
That was evil.
Posted by: Clean Hands | September 20, 2006 at 12:02 PM
...and hold the MSG (make your own joke).
Posted by: Stevie W | September 20, 2006 at 12:14 PM
ancient Chinese secret == Biz
Posted by: MOTW | September 20, 2006 at 12:17 PM
Note to self
Don't eat anything that comes from a place named Kok!
Posted by: jon | September 20, 2006 at 03:13 PM
"Yes, I'll have the veal and the lady will have the brown trout."
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Lol, Lzb
Posted by: Stevie W | September 20, 2006 at 04:11 PM
" . . .Officials became suspicious when they received numerous complaints from shoppers who recognized goldfish they had previousy flushed were being sold as a garnish."
Posted by: MartiniShark | September 20, 2006 at 04:23 PM
*snork* @ MS
Posted by: Clean Hands | September 20, 2006 at 04:52 PM