I'm standing wellie-deep in the pond. It has been mostly drained so the crap that is left in the bottom is exactly that...crap. Power washer hose in one rubber gloved hand. Jimmy and the kids standing on the side watching me. The entire time I am worried about coming across the partially decomposed body of the fish that was living in there last fall.
Whoosh, here comes the fish!! It flies out of the water, aided by the force of the power washer, and hits me on the leg.
But, it's alive!
I send Jimmy into the house for a colander but first I have to explain what a colander is for about 5 minutes. (Do you know what a colander is?) I catch the fish and at this point my mom has arrived. She points out that I have peeled the skin off half of the fish with the power washer. So of course the kids want to see it. Fast forward to that night...Fish is in a bucket on my kitchen counter. (What the hell?!) I peek in and notice that he looks like he's gulping for air. Hmm. Mention it. The kids start a running list of all the possible ways that I have killed the fish. "It's starving to death, mom". " You peeled it's skin off, mom". It can't breathe in that bucket, mom". "It was cold all winter, mom" and on and on. The next day the fish is officially dead. It is waaayy too big to flush so I decide to fling it over the fence into the canal. But then I get a picture of the fish landing barely on the other side of the fence and Harvey retrieving it then tearing it up all over my yard. Hmmm. Call dad. "Dad, can you come over?" "Sure, why?"
"Well, I need you to fling a dead fish over my fence and into the canal. And make sure it gets all the way into the canal."
"Oh, ok. I'll be there in a few minutes"
No questions. Nothin'.
There you go. An entire weekend of my life. Riveted aren't you? I lead such an exciting life.
4 comments:
I think the fish would have been okay had you not skinned him with the power washer. I believe your children were traumatised by that. If you would just run pure chlorine through your pond like I do no problem!! It is crystal clear and nothing can grow in there. You do have to post warning signs for birds. Really, how stupid can you be? Would you take a swig out of a bleach bottle? Bird brains. And of course your duh,dad would not ask any questions. Fish flinging is common occurrence around here.
Riveted, totally! by both of you!
And it's almost time to clean my pond!
LOL! That's hilarious! I love your dad, Sarah!
Flinging-half-skinned-fish...but, the bigger question, who doesn't know what the hell a colander is?!?!? LOL.
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