Sooo!ty the New Year Fish

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Sooo!ty, the New Year Fish
He likes to fly
Not swim, splish-splish!
If you're good,
Your New Year Wish
Will come from Sooty Fish!

from The Mirror, The Sun and UPI:

Bill Brooks had a surprise visitor as he sat in front of his roaring open fire.
The former mine worker, 65, said: "I was actually eating some fish and chips when there was a noise up the chimney and this thing appeared out of nowhere.
"It was covered in soot and at first I thought it was a bird but then it started flipping."

The 10-inch goldfish appeared in his fireplace -- while a fire was blazing.
A pile of potato peelings that Bill had just thrown on the fire seems to have saved the goldfish from a fiery end.

The goldfish bounced off the peelings and landed on the hearth, where Bill scooped him up and put him in a washbasin filled with water. He put in some bread for food and it started swimming around.

Bill, who lives alone in Mansfield, Notts, phoned wildlife expert Terry Marsh, who transported Wanda - who got her name because it is a wonder she survived - to a local pet shop's aquarium.

It is thought Wanda was taken from a pond and dropped by a heron perched on the roof.
Terry, 54, said: "She's got a heron's beak mark on her back and has lost some scales but she's all right now."

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Kid Bugs

[Evil Kid Bugs]

Makes me feel like singing:

Koi! to the world...

[SleepyPiglet]

Um very interesting story

[witchesrock]

That's amazing! She fell on the fire??????

[Doodle]

Indeed.

I'm glad she's safe and sound!

Lol EKB!

[Shanaroonie]

Fishee! Yay Fishee Safe! LOL

[darthmatt]

Did this really happen?

[Cookielover]

Originally Posted by darthmatt

Did this really happen?

yeah it sounds rather odd

[StarStrucked]

Originally Posted by vmkrocker

yeah it sounds rather odd

heehee it does .
its pretty cool though if it was really real.
not saying it not but not saying it is either.

[Haydenfan]

Originally Posted by -rcv-

Sooo!ty, the New Year Fish
He likes to fly
Not swim, splish-splish!
If you're good,
Your New Year Wish
Will come from Sooty Fish!

from The Mirror, The Sun and UPI:

Bill Brooks had a surprise visitor as he sat in front of his roaring open fire.
The former mine worker, 65, said: "I was actually eating some fish and chips when there was a noise up the chimney and this thing appeared out of nowhere.
"It was covered in soot and at first I thought it was a bird but then it started flipping."

The 10-inch goldfish appeared in his fireplace -- while a fire was blazing.
A pile of potato peelings that Bill had just thrown on the fire seems to have saved the goldfish from a fiery end.

The goldfish bounced off the peelings and landed on the hearth, where Bill scooped him up and put him in a washbasin filled with water. He put in some bread for food and it started swimming around.

Bill, who lives alone in Mansfield, Notts, phoned wildlife expert Terry Marsh, who transported Wanda - who got her name because it is a wonder she survived - to a local pet shop's aquarium.

It is thought Wanda was taken from a pond and dropped by a heron perched on the roof.
Terry, 54, said: "She's got a heron's beak mark on her back and has lost some scales but she's all right now."

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Kid Bugs

that is so cool!

-HCL

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Originally Posted by darthmatt

Did this really happen?

Yup, they interviewed Terry Marsh on the radio last night.
He plans on moving the fish from the pet store tank to his daughter's ornamental pond in the spring.

Nobody seems to care about the poor bird, who went hungry. England has had unusually nasty weather this winter, and I'm sure that lots of the wildlife is having trouble finding food in the usual places. I bet people will find that a lot of their back-yard ponds are fishless come spring. :>~

[GoldenHeart]

Originally Posted by Evil Kid Bugs

Makes me feel like singing:

Koi! to the world...

evil little bunny!

[MissAmber]

What an amazing story! I'm glad that the poor animal survived!

[Silly Princess]

Silly Princess sings:

Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads...fish heads, fish heads FALLING IN THE FIRE!