More Than He Can Chew
November 20th, 2006 | Published in Blog Thoughts | 9 Comments
My office aquarium is up and running. Tank inhabitants include two bala sharks, an oscar, a plecostomus, a three zebra tetras. Make that two zebras.
NOTE: The zebras were in the tank, as starter fish, to enzyme and slime the tank. They’ve done their job and have dwindled in numbers.
The oscar is approximately 1 inch from tail to snout. It appears he got hungry over the weekend and decided to eat one of the zebras. The zebra, though small, is not that small. Half of the zebra is sticking out of the mouth of the oscar. Talk about biting off more than you can chew!
Wouldn’t it be interesting if it were that obvious for us whenever we take on more than we can handle? I guess for some people it is just that obvious.
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November 20th, 2006 at 10:05 am (#)
We had aquariums for a few years and enjoyed them very much … but they were a pain to keep clean. Loved the neon tetras as much as any. We had cannibalistic fish as well.
As to your point of blog: It usually is obvious to everyone else when we take on more than we can handle. The amusing part of it is that the one drowning in task will pretend he / she can handle it.
November 20th, 2006 at 11:33 am (#)
A Poem I used on Sunday
Sometimes when you’re feeling important
Sometimes when your ego’s in bloom
Sometimes when you take it for granted
You’re the best qualified in the room
Sometime when you feel that your going
Would leave an unfillable hole,
Just follow these simple instructions
And see how they humble your soul.
Take a bucket and fill it with water
Put your hand in it up to the wrist,
Pull it out, and the hole that’s remaining
Is a measure of how you’ll be missed.
You can splash all you want when you enter,
You may stir up the water galore;
But stop, and you find that in no time
It looks quite the same as before.
The moral in this quaint example
Is to do just the best that you can;
Be proud of yourself, but remember
There’s no indispensable man.
November 20th, 2006 at 12:19 pm (#)
I’ve been on “both sides” of the oscar.
November 20th, 2006 at 1:18 pm (#)
I work with a guy named Oscar. I don’t think he likes zebra fish.
November 20th, 2006 at 6:35 pm (#)
Have you forgotten? Maintaining an aquarium is the equivelent of a part- time job!
Do you remember that one time our family was watching Jesse K.’s (500 or so) aquariums when he went to Mexico to help you and one fish became despondent and committed suicide by jumping out of the tank?
What’s up with that??
He didn’t even leave a note…
November 20th, 2006 at 11:59 pm (#)
Fill that tank with bass and trout. Zebra tetras? No way…
November 21st, 2006 at 7:03 am (#)
Sometimes you’re the Oscar, sometimes you’re the zebra.
November 21st, 2006 at 8:15 am (#)
My Dear RDW: That was more than I wanted to know about oscars and zebras. We ARE a close blogging group, but you really don’t have to share that much with me!
November 21st, 2006 at 9:27 am (#)
P.S.- I hope you guys have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I’ll be disappearing for a few days - back on Monday.