"Charles" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:00:03 -0400, "NetMax"
wrote:

Between all of us, we have probably visited 100s of petshops, perhaps
1000s of times, and overheard comments which made our ears go red. Does
anyone have any favourites?

I remember overhearing :
"Goldfish can live in a bowl because they are air breathers",

- and of course the perennial classic:
"Oscars are fine in a community tank".

;~)


while a bit off topic, I recently "learned" that

All Mollies are the same species,

I learned this from:

http://www.aquariumfish.net/informat..._baby_fish.htm

Yeah, but that's getting a bit more obscure. How many folks would know that
there is at least 3 types of Angelfish and 2 types of Discus? Of course,
when you put it into print, there *is* the expectation that a bit more
research went into checking your facts.
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