If It Aint Mercury...It's Alchohol!

[Popeye]

Check this out...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...poland_pike_dc

[skein]

That ain't no pike. That's RAGNAR!!! :grin:

Skein

[Miss B Haven]

That's not illegal, as long as the Pike was 21...right? :grin:

[corrirod]

NEWS UPDATE:

According to sources close to the investigation, the police are now interviewing the pike to determine if the pike consumed the champagne willingly or not.

The captain of the department was quoted as saying,
"We believe the pike may have been forced to drink. And NO MEANS NO , even in the fishworld!"

[Popeye]

They blamed it on "piked" punch!

[edsr]

Pike poached in booze sounds pretty good.
edsr

[Paddlefish]

When I was in my early teens, (in the mid-60s, when electricity was a new invention,) we Northeast Portland kids rode our bicycles to the "golf course" sloughs or to the Columbia for readily available fishing when our dads couldn't be persuaded to go somewhere more exotic. Our paper route buddy, one Saturday, found a half-consumed pint of bourbon on his early morning rounds.

Being kids, we were prone to "experimenting." :smile:

So, we took the hooch along on our previously scheduled fishing expedition.

This particular slough, in addition to its sometimes plentitudinal bullhead catfish, provided carp, ranging from small to small (12 inches, typically.)

When one of the guys caught one, we dubbed it "lab experiment material!"

Holding the carp aloft, holding its gill covers closed to simultaneously eliminate drainage openings and open its bugle mouth, we poured the booze into the carp, then dropped it back into the slough.

That's the only time I've seen a fish swim in cartwheels.

[corrirod]

I'm calling the police! :grin:

[4 REEL]

Only in Poland would you find someone that would waste good champagneon a carp :whazzup: . Why not do the marinate on something a little more edible.

[Mello-Yello]

Many years ago (during my wilder times), I found 7 baby rats in a bucket under my sink :shocked: . They had hair and could get around pretty good. We took a jar lid and poured some beer in it, and the little boogers moved in on the beer like cattle at a watering trough. It didn't take long before they got their fill and backed away, with the exception of one. He couldn't seem to get enough. Having consumed our fair share also, we were quite amuzed watching this little "hard-core" getting after it. Finally, he'd had enough and proceeded to swagger around the bucket, climbing over his siblings, rolling around on his back, nipping at his drinking partners, etc. Pretty soon, a few of the others appeared to be getting annoyed at his antics and started nipping back at him. Soon he was sitting on one side of the bucket, and the other six were gathered on the other side. Boring,,,we ignored them and went about our business (drinking more beer).

The next morning I awoke to find there were now only 6 rats in the bucket....well...six rats and one rat's tail. :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

Near as we could figure, he'd pushed the others too far, so they ate him.

I'm sure glad we don't do that...