gwax's rumblings

Today is a sad day for the world, Mr. Tickles has died. Mr. Tickles was a friendly fish, loved by all who made his acquain­tance. To some he was just a fish, to oth­ers he was always big­ger than the time before, but to me he was my dear friend Tickles.

Tickles, I will remem­ber you fondly for all the amus­ing times we have had. I will remem­ber how I would sit and watch you swim around. I will remem­ber the time you bit Kurt. I will remem­ber how you would eat gup­pies with such glee when you were given the oppor­tu­nity. I will remem­ber how you would watch me at my com­puter. I will remem­ber how you would swim around so excit­edly at feed­ing time. I will remem­ber how you would change col­ors so sub­tlely, con­found­ing me until I real­ized that you could change col­ors. I will remem­ber your abil­ity to be con­stantly larger than you had been before. I will miss you Tickles.

Mr. Tickles was a Tiger Oscar Cichlid and died of a fun­gal infec­tion this after­noon, Saturday, September 25^th 2004, at about 1PM. Mr. Tickles died at the ripe age of 1 year old; he was 9 inches long at the time of his death, far more than the 3–4 inches of when we first met.

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