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turps ([personal profile] turps) wrote2003-09-23 11:59 am

Fish and FFNet

Strangest thing seen today. James giving a fish mouth to mouth. While changing the water one of our tropical fish keeled over and died. Looked like the thing had a heart attack or something, just jumped up, rolled over and that was it. But Roach was one of our oldest fish so we had to try and bring him back. The battle was hard as he was massaged gently, and given CPR, but alas poor Roach is no more.

After that I needed a laugh so I went to FFNet. I know, I'm like a moth to a flame in that place but how can you pass up such gems as this...

First the writer says That the end of Ch.1. tell me what you think. Only then will I write more. which pisses me off so much. One day I'll reach the point where I do tell them what I think. Lets skim the story, it's the usual un paragraphed tripe that FFNet is famous for. What I'm interested in is the reviews.

wow~have bad dream huh?anyway,wat happen to Emma?pls write more!I wanna know wat happen 2 her,nice fic so far!Keep going~

WAT! give me strength!

Then great fic plz continue 1 question is this gona be a emma centric fic plz let it be i really luv ur fic and cant wait for more plz go on and if u want more reviews i would let anyonomis people review anyway great fic

I shuddered...I really did. But this was the best...

i like it, and how you include everyone, including emma and jesse who always get left out!

just a few points, which you dno thave to take anynotice t if you dont like suggestions! - using abbreviations in peoples speech would make it flow more. people like brennan for instance, wouldnt say yes i understand, hed say like 'yeah man'... ok that isnt a good example, but hey, u get the point.

besides that, it was really good :D


just wndering, did you know that yuo arent accepting anonymous reviews - you would get lots more if you did. just a thoought

x keep on going :D


I don't have words to convey how much this made me laugh. If you want to give constructive crit learn to write yourself.

(/bitch mode) FFNet, so bad it's good!

[identity profile] babycakesin.livejournal.com 2003-09-23 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
*rubs eyes* wait... did you just do an entry mixing James giving a dead fish mouth to mouth and FFNet... is this an hint that you read the famous Harry/Fish pairing fic? (I swear, it's not a joke, there's a fic like that... there's another one: Harry/Flobberworm... see, we all have our Poodle!Fic lol)

fish rescue

[identity profile] kaijawest.livejournal.com 2003-09-23 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
If you ever find James giving the fish mouth to mouth again you can suggest this method instead: keep the fish in the water holding it like how it would normally swim. Move it back and forward about 6 inches (more for larger fish, less for smaller ones) at a moderate pace. Yes, I know this sounds more like instructions for flogging the dolphin than rescuing a fish ;) Keep doing that for as long as several minutes. Basically that forces water through the fish's gills and can restart breathing. It especially useful if the fish fell on the floor or something but can be used anytime you're trying to save a fish. It cuts down on handling time and you don't have to get fishy lips! I've used it successfully with several fish at work before and it's most effective on goldfish.

How can you read stuff at FF.net? I used to but it's like a needle in a haystack to find anything that isn't crap. A few gems but SO MUCH JUNK! I swear the average author age must be about 14!