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Communication FUNdamentals
May. 4, 2006
Dumbo the Wonder Fish
After bloghopping this morning I was reminded that I have not told this
story here. This has nothing to do with communication skills other than
my Irma Bombeckian approach to chaos... I wrote this two years
ago when the events took place. The name was changed to protect
the Dumbo.
You aint gonna believe this one! 
The other night, my dd yelled repeatedly calling me 'Mommy' which she
only does on rare occassions when she is really scared. I ran from the
office down the stairs expecting her to be on the floor bleeding to
find that while changing her fish's water, this brain sturgeon jumped
out of the bowl into the ... are you ready for this?... garbage
disposal!
Well, at first he was simply lying on the rubber
insert so I tried to pick him up with two spoons to try to avoid him
slipping out (cuz fish are slimy) so naturally he dives downward toward
the bottom. We couldn't see where he was and we were afraid to get him
out because he might get cut by the blades. My dd calls my dh on the
cell phone and finds that he is only a few minutes away. He tells us to
run some water down there so he has a chance to breathe.
When he got home, he tried to fit his big hand down there and couldn't.
Meanwhile, dumbo the wonder fish is avoiding capture at every turn.
After being a fish out of water for about 10 minutes by this time, my
dh was able to get him out of the garbage disposal using his
fingertips. Amazingly he was ALIVE! His tail fins are pretty messed up
and he had post traumatic stress disorder, but he will recover just
fine.
My dh and dd went to the fish store to buy fish
antibiotics to make him more comfortable until he heals. Oh and a NET
to catch his little slippery butt when she goes to change his water
again!
Now after a while I thought it was pretty funny, but
Kelsey was really upset all that night. She couldn't look at the fish.
She was crying and crying until later on in the evening. She called
PetsMart and found that their tail fins will grow back! They are a
hardy fish even if they do only have three brain cells to rub together!
Now this might sound like a big fish story to you, but not
for the fish in our family cuz see... A year ago or so my sister's
son's fish jumped out of HIS bowl while it was being cleaned and it
landed in the ....ok I know you know where I am going with
this...garbage disposal!!
They tried to get him out but
couldn't and after about 45 minutes, they were pretty sure he was dead.
They couldn't bring themselves to turn the disposal on so they waited
for my BIL to get home to dispose of him in a less violent manner.
Meanwhile, they were pouring things down the disposal like food and
Pepsi.
At the end of the day, when my BIL got home, he stuck
his hand down there and pulled up....a live fish! He is still alive
today one year later!
Just another day at Tabares Manor...
From JoJo's Purple Crayon...
Say What You Mean Series of  Communication FUNdamentals
for Christains PreK-Adult
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May. 4, 2006 - Untitled Comment
(I couldn't help but giggle a bit.)
I am glad Dumbo is alive and well.
Di