On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:47:56 -0600, Kathleen wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:35:19 -0600, Kathleen wrote:
>>
>>>I've seen several stories on the plague of asian carp in local rivers.
>>>Not only do they out-compete indigenous species, they also have the
>>>alarming habit of going airborn when startled, with numerous collisions
>>>between boaters and large fish reported.
>>
>> Make it a sport: Snakehead Skeet.
>
> You laugh but try waterskiing when the river's low. I tolerate the idea
> that there are fish in the same water that I'm in because we've come to
> an understanding. Leave me alone and I won't bother you either. Being
> pelted by flying carp disturbed by the boat's passage violates that
> tacit agreement.

If a big, man-eating snake slithered through my house just for
the sport of it, well, I'd be pretty ****ed off too. I wouldn't
feel bad about it if bumped his head on the furniture in the
process.

The fish are just doing what they do naturally. I think you're
the one bothering them, not the other way around. That's why
they have gills and we have feet.

-sw