Re: NANFA-- fish flushing; tell the kids

Todd Crail (farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com)
Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:59:35 -0400

Whispered during "Finding Nemo":

Mom: What's all the cloudy stuf in the waterf?
Son: It's either supposed to be a phyto/zooplankton cloud.... Or... Sydney
Harbor.
Mom: It's that dirty!?
Son: Pretty much. There aren't many harbors that can boast a massive,
expensive clean up for Y2K and then have it twice as dirty once everyone
went home the next day.

Later:
Mom: I guess you weren't kidding about the Harbor, if a fish can make it
out there.
Son: And they call the fish a "clown".

I will say I was quite pleased with the depiction of the fish murdering
child. I wanted to let out a shout of glee when they showed how loud
banging on the glass is to the fish. :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:47 PM
Subject: NANFA-- fish flushing; tell the kids

> Costa Mesa, Calif., June 6  Dont try this at home. Children who have
seen
> the computer-animated movie Finding Nemo might be tempted to flush their
> pet fish down the drain to send it safely into the ocean. Not.
>
> A company that makes equipment to process sewage says yes, drain pipes do
> eventually lead to the ocean  but first the fluid goes through powerful
> machines that shred solids into tiny particles. The J.W.C.
Environmental
> company writes that in reality, no one would ever find Nemo, and instead
> the movie would be called Grinding Nemo. The company goes on to says
> that in the unlikely event that Nemo survived the deadly machines, he
would
> probably be killed by the chlorine disinfection.
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA

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