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I slaughtered a fish in public
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I'm a student pastor here in Louisiana. Wednesday night I was speaking to our junior and senior high groups, and I was using a "unique" illustration. We're now in the last week of a series called "Everything You Need to Know About Life is in Your Fish Tank." Long title, I know.
Anyways, for last Wednesday I was using an illustration involving a beautiful red betta fish and a blender. Midway through the lesson I pulled the black sheet off the top of the blender, with Uncle Rico (the fish) swimming around inside. I was speaking about the way life makes you feel at times, how sometimes it feels like forces beyond your control are manipulating your life for the worst. At this time I was pulling the cup part of the blender up while pressing the button for the highest setting.
I was going to pull it away "at the last second," and I was right in the middle of saying, "But when you feel like you're finished, God can swoop in and pluck you out of the situation."
Unfortunately, I was just a millisecond too late, and the blender actually sucked the cup back down. I turned the button off really quickly (the room was absolutely silent), and as the water stilled, Uncle Rico was in about 50 pieces. I stood there with a blank, disappointed look on my face as the class died laughing for about 5 minutes. Some of the students were grossed out, and one young woman on my staff get really upset about it. She's a PETA type, and I had to apologize to her later.
The bad thing is that it completely ruined about 20% of my message, seeing that the rest of the section depended on that illustration. Not to mention that I had already kind of become attached to Uncle Rico, and had planned on keeping him in my office Anyways, it was kind of a funny/wacky moment that I wanted to share with you guys.
Try getting control of 70 students after something like that...
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My god! That's terrible and hysterical at the same time!
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And in real life, of course, nobody comes "swooping down" to save you from the stupidity of other people…as you so aptly demonstrated.
That story is awesome!  
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Originally Posted by Kr0nos
And in real life, of course, nobody comes "swooping down" to save you from the stupidity of other people…as you so aptly demonstrated.
That story is awesome!
Exactly what I was going to write!
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I hope it was videotaped. Youtube links, please
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And here we have a prime example of the good lord punishing cockyness in a highly effective manner while at the same time demonstrating that bad things do happen to good peop....fish.
Still funny though.
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"It's weird the way 'finger puppets' sounds ok as a noun..."
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I wouldn't want to see that.
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I'm sorry to hear about your fish. That sucks. Sorry that your illustration didn't work out later.
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That's God trying to tell you he doesn't exist.
Uh, wait a second...
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Originally Posted by Dakar
That's God trying to tell you he doesn't exist.
Uh, wait a second...
Uhm, yeah. 
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Oh, and IBR 
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Reminds me of deuce bigalow male gigalo, the part where the blind chick blends that one fish then serves it as a drink.
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I'm no PETA type, but I fail to see the humor. Just kind of disappointing. :/
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Originally Posted by paul w
I'm no PETA type, but I fail to see the humor. Just kind of disappointing. :/
There is no freaking humor to it. It just shows folks an example of extremely bad taste and poor planning.
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He can be fixed -- you can't.
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God hates Betas, But loves goldfish and koi!!
(no seriously, I had one of thous 20 cent goldfish and its still alive today and i got it in 2003 and its the size of a large Koi!!  )
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Aren't we glad he didn't try to be a magician, sawing a virgin in halfs ? 
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
Aren't we glad he didn't try to be a magician, sawing a virgin in halfs ?
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 How insane are you!!
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Of couse, you know - the real fish in this situation was YOU. Life doesn't always work out for those living on this planet. What could have been a great lecture turned out to be a tough situation for you. Interesting twist of events.
If it were me, I would have disconnected the wires from the motor inside the base of the blender so it looked functional, but wouldn't ever really turn on.
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The situation was funny. It brought a tear to my eye and I laughed. Hey, so did the kids, for the most part.
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It just goes to show you that if you always wait for someone else to help you out, it might not happen someday.
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I'm so glad this turned into a religion-bashing thread. Exactly what I was hoping for.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
I'm so glad this turned into a religion-bashing thread. Exactly what I was hoping for.
You're at the 'NN, dude.
So, tell me, was the fish gay... ...or not?
On Topic: Ooops!
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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It's sad really. I'm no PETA person either, but I'd be rather upset to see that someone made a fish smoothy while trying to make a religious point.
I guess I would have made sure I didn't kill the fish by either taking out the blender part or not having it plugged in or something.
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The point could not have been made without the blender turned on. They also would've seen that the blade wasn't there, which would've made the illustration much less effective.
Doofy: Didn't get a chance to ask the fish if he was gay or not. Our friendship was rather short-lived...pun intended.
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
How insane are you!!
How humor-impaired are YOU ? 
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Originally Posted by Doofy
You're at the 'NN, dude.
So, tell me, was the fish gay... ...or not?
This one too …
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
This one too …
Are you actually trying to piss Tooki off or what?
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Stop projecting
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
How humor-impaired are YOU ?
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I get the irony, but a fish died 
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
The point could not have been made without the blender turned on. They also would've seen that the blade wasn't there, which would've made the illustration much less effective..
I can appreciate that the power needed to be on for the demo, but the blade didn't need to be there IMHO.
Sure, slightly less effective... but also much safer for the fish.
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Well, it looks like someone is going to hell...
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But you ate the fish afterwards, right?
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Originally Posted by demograph68
But you ate the fish afterwards, right?
Chugged.
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Originally Posted by Nicko
Well, it looks like someone is going to hell...
But what did the fish do to derserve this ?
Oh, wait, I forgot, the fish was gay
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Originally Posted by demograph68
But you ate the fish afterwards, right?
Would have, had the fish not been completely obliterated. It would've been like drinking water with half a tea spoon of salt mixed in.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
Would have, had the fish not been completely obliterated. It would've been like drinking water with half a tea spoon of salt mixed in.
What's wrong with a homeopathic dose of fish ? 
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