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marden · Mar 9, 2007, 12:06 PM

Pet Carp knows his name

A Chinese man is looking for a good home for his pet carp which he says is fully trained.

Fang Peng, from Pingsai town, Guizhou Province, claims 'Submarine' responds to his name being called out.

Fang runs a fishing pond and his family have been training the carp for six years, reports the Guizhou City Papers.

He said: "He is very smart, and never takes the bait of anglers."

Fang says the fish developed his ability to understand human speech from his father who used to spend four hours a day with him.

Fang added: "He would tie a piece of cake or bread on the top of the fishing pole and call 'Submarine'.

"On hearing his name, Submarine would emerge from the water and take the food. Or I would feed him by hand."

Fang needs to find a new home for Submarine as the river which runs into his fishing pond has been diverted for irrigation.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2232422.html

The punchline comes to mind; "You can call me anything you like just as long as you don't call me 'late for dinner'."

analogue SPRINKLES · Mar 9, 2007, 12:25 PM

That fish is for sure going to end up on some chinese persons plate now as they think it is magic and eating it will make your penis mighty.

design219 · Mar 9, 2007, 12:26 PM

Will he ship to the states?

design219 · Mar 9, 2007, 12:27 PM

and eating it will make your penis mighty

Again, will he ship to the states?

marden · Mar 9, 2007, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by design219

Again, will he ship to the states?

A fish THAT smart you should just give him your GPS destination and let him SWIM there.

Gossamer · Mar 9, 2007, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by marden

A fish THAT smart you should just give him your GPS destination and let him SWIM there.

He'd have to be pretty smart to swim to Iowa.

analogue SPRINKLES · Mar 9, 2007, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

He'd have to be pretty smart to swim to Iowa.

On the plus side if the fish makes it he will have the highest IQ in the state

marden · Mar 9, 2007, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES

On the plus side if the fish makes it he will have the highest IQ in the state

WOW! Witty barb!

design219 · 01:14 PM

WOW! Witty barb!

It would be, except he is from Iowa too.

Gossamer · Mar 9, 2007, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by design219

I would be, except he is from Iowa.

I don't get it.

marden · Mar 9, 2007, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by design219

I would be, except he is from Iowa.

Wanna try that in English?

You would be what? Except he is from Iowa...

design219 · Mar 9, 2007, 01:05 PM

Ok, see edit.

Gossamer · Mar 9, 2007, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

I don't get it.

For the record, I based my post on the assumption that he meant to say "It would be," and I was feigning stupidity. It wasn't my intent to be a grammar nazi.

marden · Mar 9, 2007, 01:13 PM

.

design219 · Mar 9, 2007, 01:14 PM

Ha, didn't even see that. Thank you grammar police! I surrender!

design219 · Mar 9, 2007, 01:15 PM

Ok, back to the fish.

analogue SPRINKLES · Mar 9, 2007, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by design219

It would be, except he is from Iowa too.

Who me?

Gossamer · Mar 9, 2007, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES

Who me?

Me.

analogue SPRINKLES · Mar 9, 2007, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

Me.

This thread is proof that the damn fish will outsmart us all.

design219 · Mar 9, 2007, 03:08 PM

Well, it is Friday. Fish anyone?

Mrjinglesusa · Mar 9, 2007, 03:43 PM

Hmmm, I guess my Jack Dempsey is really smart too. After all, when I open his tank to feed him, I say "Capt. Jack" and he comes right to the top. Then I drop the food in. He MUST recognize his name.

Then again, it could be that he has associated tank opening with food. Yeah, that makes more sense than a stupid fish learning his name and coming when called. LMAO.

analogue SPRINKLES · Mar 9, 2007, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa

Then again, it could be that he has associated tank opening with food. Yeah, that makes more sense than a stupid fish learning his name and coming when called. LMAO.

Not really. I had some Oscar fish that recognized my face and only ate when I fed them. If a stranger or even my family members put their face near the tank they would get very aggressive.

In fact if I put my arm in the water they would gently rub against it like a cat and if anyone else tried it they attacked them big time.

marden · Mar 9, 2007, 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES

Not really. I had some Oscar fish that recognized my face and only ate when I fed them. If a stranger or even my family members put their face near the tank they would get very aggressive.

In fact if I put my arm in the water they would gently rub against it like a cat and if anyone else tried it they attacked them big time.

You were like the fish god and they were like fisholics?

Doofy · Mar 9, 2007, 05:39 PM

I'm going to have to have a word with my mom for not calling me "Fang". I mean, how cool is that?

marden · Mar 9, 2007, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

I'm going to have to have a word with my mom for not calling me "Fang". I mean, how cool is that?

It's probably best that she didn't. Somewhere along the way you would have run across someone who would have asked if you were American comedienne Phyllis Diller's husband, who she'd comically refer to as "Fang."

Phyllis Diller (born Phyllis Ada Driver on July 17, 1917) is an American comedian who is considered one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. The stage character she created was a wild-haired, oddly dressed housewife who was ugly but didn't realize it, and who made jokes about a husband named "Fang" while smoking from a long cigarette holder. She is also known for her distinctive, cackling laugh, one of the best-recognized in comedy. Diller is generally thought to have opened the stand-up field to women such as Totie Fields, Joan Rivers, Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, Rosie O'Donnell and Roseanne Barr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Diller

http://www.tvparty.com/bgifs16/dillerface.jpg

You might have quickly stopped using the name.