| 1. Author: billg | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 5:56AM EST | |
My dtr is turnin 5 this summer. She always has a pool party at our house.
This year i want to try some gold fish in the pool for that day but i dont know how long they will last in there with all the chemicals.
Has anyone ever tried this?
I figure i will put in a couple hundred fish.
Bill |
| 2. Author: burgess_b | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 6:07AM EST | |
they will die VERY QUICKLY!!! a terrible idea, i must say (though your intentions are good). chlorine kills EVERYTHING, which is why we put it in pools--to kill bacteria and microscopic organisms...as fish are quite a bit bigger, well, they will die in a BAD way...just cruel, really.
story time. so, i am a chem major doing a summer internship before my senior year. i go around to different bodies of water to kill algae and other plant life. i get to this pond where people swim (lifeguards and all). the head lifeguard--high school dolt says that he thinks MY chemicals are killing the fish. i said i had never been there before, but it is ridiculous nonetheless. i asked if anything stange had happened--no. had they done anything to the pond? he said no...we just started putting chlorine in a couple of weeks ago...i flipped out..."well, you know they put it in pools, so it must be ok." the real shock ofr me is that someone is actually the boss--and he purchased chlorine FOR them.
now, i am not calling you a dolt...just informing you that it is my educated belief that you will have a goldfish genocide on your hands BEFORE the party ends...and it might, in fact, end the party.
go with tons of silver balloons instead--NO CLOWNS! nothing scarier than a clown...but that is another story! |
| 3. Author: billg | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 7:56AM EST | |
ya guess its a bad idea, but i think it would be cool.
Didnt know if fish would make it the day.
It would scar the kids forever to be swimmin with 200 dead gold fish.
And for clowns "OH NO" the scare the hell out of me.
thanks Burgess
Bill |
| 4. Author: Mandoman | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 8:03AM EST | |
It would be a Swim & Sushi party. |
| 5. Author: drnos | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 8:05AM EST | |
I remember a pool party for my YMCA group at a members house. His father put a bunch (10-20) of goldfish into the pool. We chased them around trying to catch them. Although the chlorine did not kill them, the image of fish being squished against the tiles by 10 year old boys trying to grab them is burned into my brain. 40 years later. |
| 6. Author: pabloescabar | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 10:46AM EST | |
I drink pool water all the time & look at me's |
| 7. Author: jackconrad | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 10:51AM EST | |
Peeing in the pool is fun again thanks to Pablo! |
| 8. Author: pabloescabar | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 10:52AM EST | |
"chlorine kills EVERYTHING,"....ha ha |
| 9. Author: andytv | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 10:55AM EST | |
LMAO! |
| 10. Author: billg | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 11:42AM EST | |
The pool will be full of little kids , i think i would be more worried about the pee killing the fish.
Bill |
| 11. Author: pabloescabar | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 12:09PM EST | |
I knew it was somethin drnos...... "the image of fish being squished against the tiles by 10 year old boys trying to grab them is burned into my brain. 40 years later." |
| 12. Author: jjohnson28 | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 12:13PM EST | |
I thought this was gonna be about another type of pool fish. |
| 13. Author: dup | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 5:40PM EST | |
billg ,
test your idea while nobody is around!
get about 10 or so and let'em go!
see how long they make it without the young'uns around ......then you can decide.
if they die quick you can skim them out before anyone is the wiser.
thank's for the chuckle!
i think it might work if the clorine wasn't real strong and the water was cool.
but as the day progresses....and water warms up...
dem fishies are gonna die!
imagine being one of those poor little fishies when that chubby kid see's it and does a cannonball!!! |
| 14. Author: billg | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 5:40PM EST | |
lump fish or brown trout |
| 15. Author: jjohnson28 | Date: Sat, 5/27/2006, 6:04PM EST | |
Yep, just as they get comfortable and are swimmin' around you toss a couple of Baby Ruths in there. LOL |
| 16. Author: burgess_b | Date: Sun, 5/28/2006, 8:06AM EST | |
i kinda like dup's idea...i am a scientist...experimentation is good. time it for me, will ya? i reckon if you skipped a chlorine treatment or 2, that may change teh time of death...very intriguing! |
| 17. Author: billg | Date: Sun, 5/28/2006, 9:20AM EST | |
I will give it a trial run in a couple weeks when i get the chemicals balanced out.
To be cont.....
Bill |
| 18. Author: ruggysgirl | Date: Sun, 5/28/2006, 2:39PM EST | |
Yep, you'll have a pool full of dead fish and a bunch of traumatized kids on your hands. Get rubber duckies instead. |
| 19. Author: Charlie | Date: Sun, 5/28/2006, 4:53PM EST | |
Not even a good idea...see all of above comments..
Charlie |
| 20. Author: Charlie | Date: Sun, 5/28/2006, 4:53PM EST | |
Not even a good idea...see all of above comments..
Charlie |
| 21. Author: burgess_b | Date: Sun, 5/28/2006, 8:06PM EST | |
ruggsgirl has an outstanding idea! the only thing i have against a ton of thigs floating ON the water is the off chance that a kid falls in, and no one notices the splash...well, there is not worse thing on this earth that the frantic search for the missing kid...and then finding them.
cute idea, but you need to be able to see the WHOLE of teh pool clearly. |
| 22. Author: KarenMarie | Date: Sun, 5/28/2006, 8:33PM EST | |
Why dont you buy a cheap aquarium and put the fish in there and then offer each kid a goldfish as a party favor? Just have lots of plastic bags with ties handy...Goldfish can survive in just about anything EXCEPT chlorine... I used to raise them.... |
| 23. Author: KarenMarie | Date: Sun, 5/28/2006, 8:33PM EST | |
OH and the dead fish are gonna clog up your filters terribly.... |
| 24. Author: jackconrad | Date: Sun, 5/28/2006, 9:24PM EST | |
REDRUM !!! |
| 25. Author: Sumrao | Date: Sun, 5/28/2006, 10:10PM EST | |
Hesus e christo!!!
can you imagine the issues a kid will have for life after you tell her that all 200 of her fish died. |
| 26. Author: Sumrao | Date: Sun, 5/28/2006, 10:10PM EST | |
Tell me clarise, are the lambs still crying? |
| 27. Author: burgess_b | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 6:25AM EST | |
LMAO @ sumaro (sp?) that was just funny X2! |
| 28. Author: Charlie | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 6:31AM EST | |
LMAO at Sumrao.....One of my favorite movies, and now to the fish thing:
Any thing you do whether it is killing the fish in the pool or giving them as party favors, they are dead...
I do not understand what could possibly be "cute" or "sweet" about this idea and think you need to consider Piranaha or alligators to really heighten the entertainment, and give a survival prize to the kids who get through the ordeal...
Charlie |
| 29. Author: Charlie | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 6:32AM EST | |
Next year you could have an avoid the Grizzly contest or pat the wolf on the head as they are just as lame brained of ideas.....
Just have the party and let the kids have fun without added stress of seeing fish die....
Charlie |
| 30. Author: Sumrao | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 8:41AM EST | |
Party favors, that's hillarious..why not, that kid is probably not going to have many friends anyway.
I can see the MasterCard add:
The Idea to celebrate life with 200 deaths; FREE
Reducing a fish’s life to that of a fruit fly: POCKET CHANGE
Memories that good money cant erase:….TRULY PRICELESS
Evidence that most children’s issues can be traced back to parents.
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| 31. Author: andytv | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 10:04AM EST | |
With all due respect to billg, every time I reread Post #1, I crack up.
The results of carrying out this plan would have made idiot history!!!!!!
Billg.....PLEASE tell us MORE of your schemes!!!!!! |
| 32. Author: Charlie | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 10:30AM EST | |
LOL, Andy, you mean you do not like my suggestion about Alligators?
Charlie |
| 33. Author: andytv | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 10:51AM EST | |
LMAO.........yes Charlie, I did. |
| 34. Author: billg | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 11:28AM EST | |
Soooooooooooooo you think its a bad idea?
I was saving the snapping turtles for next year. |
| 35. Author: ruggysgirl | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 11:57AM EST | |
Poor guy, he only wants to make his daughter happy.
Why don't you try cichlids instead? Double the trauma, double the fun! |
| 36. Author: billg | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 1:08PM EST | |
Ok i guess i didnt think it out first.
Bad idea.
I get it now
Thank you all for beating me down and calling me an idiot.lol
Sumrao, what does this have to do with my dtr not having friends(post 30). Please no personal attacks on my dtr. thanks
Bill |
| 37. Author: andytv | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 1:21PM EST | |
idiot is a term of endearment round 'here. |
| 38. Author: Charlie | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 1:24PM EST | |
LOL, this was a great thread, full of fun ideas and suggestions.....
Oh, snapping turtles are too shy they will not work as well as gators and piranahas...
Charlie |
| 39. Author: rugrunner | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 1:25PM EST | |
In that case, I am really loved on Cbid. |
| 40. Author: billg | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 2:06PM EST | |
ok in that case you are all a** holes gimmie your smokes! LOL
I was thinkin of feeding the racoon with the foam.
Bill |
| 41. Author: pabloescabar | Date: Mon, 5/29/2006, 9:32PM EST | |
hey Bill, how did the test go? |
| 42. Author: billg | Date: Tue, 5/30/2006, 2:46AM EST | |
Ya, i dint think so.
I could never do that to those poor little fish.
( e mail me for results )
Bill |
| 43. Author: Sumrao | Date: Tue, 5/30/2006, 5:39AM EST | |
Billy Gee;
I said your dtr would not have any friends after the other parents earned of your actions. Not your dtr's fault...YOURS! |
| 44. Author: teedubbya | Date: Tue, 5/30/2006, 5:43AM EST | |
Remember when WKRP dropped the Turkeys from the helecopter for Thanksgiving?
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| 45. Author: Charlie | Date: Tue, 5/30/2006, 5:59AM EST | |
LOL, weren't they frozen turkeys, and they were like dropping bombs.......
Charlie |
| 46. Author: billg | Date: Tue, 5/30/2006, 6:14AM EST | |
Turkeys
now were thinkin.
Sorry bout that Sumrao was my dumb ass idea, i dont want my kids known as the dead fish girls. |
| 47. Author: burgess_b | Date: Tue, 5/30/2006, 7:41AM EST | |
dude, this thread was freaking HILARIOUS! the funniest thing i have read here..."pat the wolf"..."avoid the grizzly" ROFLMAO! i am literally laughing out loud! BUWWAAAAAHAHHHHAHHHHAHAAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAA!!!! |
| 48. Author: burgess_b | Date: Tue, 5/30/2006, 7:43AM EST | |
i knew i always liked charlie, but MAN was that funny. let's keep topping this thread, i have tears in my eyes. sumrao--not too bad yourself...and good to not taunt a daughter...priceless thread! |
| 49. Author: Charlie | Date: Tue, 5/30/2006, 8:26AM EST | |
burgess_b
You are right this is one of the funniest threads we have ever had here...billg enter somemore suggestions/questions and we can have a good old time with them....
How about something like a hop scotch tournament or capture the flag with rattlesnakes tossed about to give something for the kids to avoid......
Charlie |
| 50. Author: burgess_b | Date: Tue, 5/30/2006, 8:35AM EST | |
stop it...i am gonna wake my wife up with my laughter! |
