Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations I make my wife have nightmares

Preface: For proper comprehension of the following, one should probably know about the "Blue Hole". Located in Castalia, Ohio, the Blue Hole is an underground river emerging from a near-vertical cavern to the tune of 2500 gpm. Formerly the site of a private trout hatchery, now occupied by a state hatchery providing the bulk of Ohio's Steelhead fingerlings for public stocking, the Blue Hole was a major tourist attraction in past years. If you grew up in Ohio in the '60's (or even earlier), before videogames, the Internet, or cable TV, chances are good that at some point in time your parents drug you to the Blue Hole where you became familiar with it's clear, copper-sulfate tinged water. Supposedly, several divers and even a horse and buggy have been lost in the "bottomless" depths of the Blue Hole, never to be seen again. What man knows what all might lurk in this fathomless deep???

Yesterday Fish Wife told me about this horrible nightmare she had the night before last. While I could tell she was defintely shaken from the experience, I cannot understand what was so terrible about it. Frankly, I can see an "up" side.

"I dreamed this big meteor struck the middle of our farm, making a huge, deep hole that filled up with water to make about a 3 acre pond. It was clear, but colored bright blue, like at the Blue Hole."

"From somewhere, I think from out of the meteor, these three big adult Plesiosaurs showed up. (NOTE: While she was sure the Plesiosaurs came from inside the meteor, I wonder if they did not originate in the pellucidarian depths of the newly formed crater lake.) You managed to obtain some of their offspring, and the next thing I know you're keeping 4 baby Plesiosaurs, about 16"-18" long, in a Rubbermaid trough in our basement."

"The babies could only live in the Blue Hole water from the meteor crater, so you had me constantly going down the incredibly steep sides of the hole to bring up 5 gallon buckets of water for them. You yelled at me if I spilled any of the water! Plus, I had to go to the pet store every day to get a big bag of feeder goldfish for them to eat. It was horrible!"

In thinking about this story, some question have come to my mind:
1) Why do I get blamed for things like this?
2) Do Plesiosaurs come up on to the beach to lay eggs in the sand, like turtles? Or are they live bearers, like Ichthyosaurs?
3) Are Plesiosuars susceptible to VHS, or can I ship them interstate without having to undergo expensive testing to satisfy the government that my Plesiosaur hatchery is VHS-free?