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Didn't Monty Python do a skit based on this very premise?
Posted by: wiredog | August 26, 2010 at 02:12 PM
I've seen video of the Asian flying carp in action. Reminds me of this guy.
Posted by: MOTW | August 26, 2010 at 02:17 PM
MOTW, I've seen it too. One place has a "festival" where they have a contest to see how many they can catch in a net as they jump into the boat. People get smacked pretty hard. (Even harder than Siouxie does it). Well, you know what they say - "Carpe bean 'em."
Posted by: Layzeeboy | August 26, 2010 at 03:21 PM
Siouxie will slap you just for the halibut.
Posted by: MOTW | August 26, 2010 at 04:25 PM
I'm a SOLE man! /ba dah bump - ba dah dup pa bump bah/
Posted by: Joliette Jake Blues | August 26, 2010 at 04:27 PM
Oh, crappie!
Posted by: Coconuts | August 26, 2010 at 05:09 PM
wiredog, I think Monty Python did EVERY skit based on this very premise.
Posted by: Account Deleted | August 26, 2010 at 05:35 PM
It's not often you hear about someone getting the carp knocked into him.
Posted by: bonmot | August 26, 2010 at 06:07 PM
Was this incident reported to the Sturgeon General?
Posted by: Ralph | August 27, 2010 at 12:36 AM
The carp, which have infested rivers since being imported in the 1970s to control algae and plankton in fish ponds, are known to panic and jump in response to passing vessels."
It's an old, old story... carp imported to control algae and plankton, kudzu imported to control algae, nutria imported to control kudzu.... nutria doesn't make it big on the N'Worleans restaurant scene (how do you market "Swamp Rat" on the menu???)
Folks, here it be: "Man, who is a part of nature, tries to control nature, and finds out nature is controlled by God..."
Posted by: frodolives | August 27, 2010 at 12:47 AM
Crashing Carp Cracks Kayaker's Cranium.
Posted by: Loudmouth | August 27, 2010 at 07:28 AM
frodolives: Just import some of Florida's Burmese Pythons to Louisiana: nutria problem solved.
As for the carp, we need to get these to swim farther north: kayaker problem also solved.
Posted by: Ralph | August 27, 2010 at 02:13 PM