All I have to offer is my personal experience. This is an invaluable
tool when relating to others with respect. Once someone starts
"shoulding" on me they get my back.

But then we all have those little obligations that we must adhere to
related to our family and up bringing, "Pauley, don't show your azz ..
don't tell on yourself .. don't say nut'in .. and don't forget the
disrespect showed to your family/wife .. couple days later everybody
forgets .. booda bing booda boom, slap the co@#%#@er in the mouth with a
Louisville Slugger ~ shrug ~ what can I say it's tradition.

When relating to my personal experience I know there is honesty and
integrity to back my words. I am not just spewing another's bullsh%t
that I have swallowed.

I can examine it "before" I swallow it.

I can go into petsmart and laugh out loud at the little Parrots Fish
playing.

Then ask myself why I feel sad when I look in the next tank at the
little Oscars, BRED to a large number, stuff into these little tanks,
most bound for cramped miserable lives, catching a hole in the head
disease from their owners.

Then the grotesque goldfish, BRED to where after they reach a certain
size they can no longer swim and just lay on the bottom of the tank
struggling, into a very long and slow death. (My friend who owns the LFS
here was babysitting one for some folks who had left town for the summer
when it reached this state. It took her a few days before she finally
made the decision to put someone else's fish out of it's misery. I
couldn't take it and just stayed completely out of her store
altogether.)

Then there are some elderly guppys with broken backs from being BRED to
have such large tails.....etc..etc..etc,,

When I leave petsmart to go home to play tag with a big healthy 9 inch 4
year old Blood Parrot which leaves the water chasing my hand, splashing
water in my face .. I have no need to bring dog biscuits home to pay
Scobby Doo to find out who BRED and spread the Franken Fish BULL****!!!!
about this HIGHbred they can't breed to stock up the Walmarts.

Oh my, I'm sorry. That's me! Just being silly again.. Now who am I
suppose to check with, you know about being so stupid and undisciplined.
I sure would hate to fall in love with the wrong fish again...

I feel better .. I'm going to go put this baseball bat back in the trunk
of the car ..





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