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Originally posted by dave in el dorado ca:
i believe i know where his inspiration came from :D Probably true Dave. That fish was vicious, didn't seemed to mind that we netted him (or her, I don't know) out of the grow out tank, put in in a plastic bag, filled it with O2, drove him an hour, floated him in my pond... but the minute I tried to handle him for a photo he got all medieval on me. 
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Great, now I'm afraid to go to the bathroom, too.
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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Originally posted by Yolk Sac:
Jeff,
We did miss you.
Medieval carp throwing siege engines are a poor substitute for world domineering RES.
Welcome back. Thanks Yolk, glad to know someone noticed.  I'm gonna have to search for the carp throwing siege engine, don't know how I missed that.
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Originally posted by Bruce Condello:
Great, now I'm afraid to go to the bathroom, too. I would feel bad about that but then I remembered that you started this journey.
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Originally posted by Bruce Condello:
1. Redear sunfish are always angry.
2. Redear sunfish don't sleep--they wait.
3. If you can see a redear sunfish, he can see you. If you can't see the redear sunfish, you may be only seconds away from death.
4. A redear sunfish refers to himself in the fourth person.
5. If a redear sunfish could push a button to eliminate every yellow perch on the planet, he would.
6. Similar to a Russian Nesting Doll, if you were to break open a redear sunfish you would find another redear sunfish, only smaller and angrier.
7. A redear sunfish's calender goes straight from March 30th to April 2nd--nobody fools a redear sunfish. BUMP....???... ... ... 
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Don't ever make eye to eye contact with a RES as their stare is like the Medusa. 
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Only creature known to approximate threat to middle aged pondmeisters health posed by RES:  Aggrieved teenage daughter.
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Originally posted by Yolk Sac:
Aggrieved teenage daughter. You're being awfully wordy there, Yolky. "Aggrieved" and "teenaged" are redundant, and the sex of the teenager need not be specified.
"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling ![[Linked Image from i.pinimg.com]](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ed/b5/e7/edb5e7f935843b996cf52be593c9ebd2--smoothie-smooth-collie.jpg)
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I stand amused and corrected.
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I'm all too aware of the teenaged daughter phenomenon, heretofore known as the TDP.
Far too aware.
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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The look on her face indicates that you denied her most recent request for a pony.
Shame on you, Yolk.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Yes, mine has been known to exhibit that "Wednesday Addams" expression on occasion.
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Now I know where the expression "If looks could kill" came from. Be afraid Yolk, be very afraid.
If I were you I think I would reconsider the Pony request.
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Originally posted by Sunil:
The look on her face indicates that you denied her most recent request for a pony.
Shame on you, Yolk.
Actually, I think the comment that drew the look went something like this: "I don't care if Jenny's butt crack shows, that still doesn't mean yours can!" That would be typical of the discussions in our household these days.
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Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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My daughter will be three in August. Thanks for the heads up....."no butt crack allowed."
I'll start practicing now.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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The RES have done their job ...you all have gone completly insane. :p
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Thank you I am past that teenage stage. I know that look. She wanted a car not a pony !!
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Hmmmm, begs the question... Which came first the RES or the insanity?
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Originally posted by jeffhasapond:
Hmmmm, begs the question...
Which came first the RES or the insanity
As a newcomer to the forum and RES neophyte, I don't have the authority to address such an issue. We need to find someone who has actually watched the descent of a normal, intelligent, hardworking husband and father into an RES associated psychosis, and can offer their observations... Anyone got Mrs. Condello's phone number??
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Originally posted by jeffhasapond: Hmmmm, begs the question...
Which came first the RES or the insanity? It varies from person to person. You and I, for example, only got Redears relatively recently in our lives.
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Originally posted by Yolk Sac:
As a newcomer to the forum and RES neophyte, I don't have the authority to address such an issue. We need to find someone who has actually watched the descent of a normal, intelligent, hardworking husband and father into an RES associated psychosis, and can offer their observations...
Anyone got Mrs. Condello's phone number?? :D
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Originally posted by Theo Gallus:
It varies from person to person. You and I, for example, only got Redears relatively recently in our lives. DOH! I was hoping nobody would notice that.
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Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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Doggone ol' redear and doggone ol' Buddy Ebsen in that doggone ol' movie. Dang 'at was good.
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