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On Monday you may recall EV and I bought two fish, calling one Derek and one Clive. Derek had been acting a little odd over the past few days so we decided to go to the pet shop today (Saturday) to get some medicine for him. No need.

aawww

and a fo EV too

Traveller in Time
"Poor 'Clide' swimming alone.

It took us three trials before the fish stayed alive . And a little later we had to bring back the male and some excess offspring "

http://www.goodbyemypet.co.uk

Poor Derek

How's Clive taken it? Are you getting him another friend?

Awww So will you be getting a new ... and if so.... what will you be calling him/her?

Too late for Goodbye My Pet, I'm afraid... we buried him at sea this morning.

We're going to get a replacement and call him Eric. Eric and Clive... that almost works...

We haven't got Clive a new fishy friend yet but will do so tomorrow. I think he's really missing Derek - they were always side by side and poor Clive's darting about the fish tank like a maniac

Poor

You've done it now! "We are going to get another fish."
We can get to suggest names!
Something to go with Clive. Let me think.


How about Kicking? Clive and Kicking!
Sinclair?
C5?

Speccy the goldfish!

You could clal the new one '2legs' ?

It's up to EV if he wants to call his new one 2legs

I've sussed out why Clive's been darting around the tank. The tank's been suspiciously cloudy but since Derek passed on it seemed the water was getting cleaner. Clive's been going round eating whatever was making the water cloudy

But you have influence over EV

I would rather hope that any I bought wouldn't have any legs.

Well.... exactly.... But just think, if you called it 2legs, then everyone you know will think you are really clever and whitty and satiricle and have a good grasp of irony and bronzy and all kinds of things, and probalby allso assume that because of this they should buy you a pint of 2legs would be a good name for a fish wouln't it?

Of course Vestboy also has a ring to it. Or even Vestie. Then if Clive popped his clogs (which he doesn't wear, as you so cleverly pointed out due to the lacking of the requisite number of legs) you could name the new one Slackpants!