Tuesday, November 16, 2010

A Fish Tale

I found these pictures on my computer and thought I would share a little story with all of you...



One somewhat sunny Memorial Day, a loving family took a trip to the Great Salt Lake. Yes it was kind of cold, and kind of smelly, but we were having fun playing in the salty sand. The sand cathedral was well under way when some of the older boys found something floating in the shallow water. It was a fish. While this might seem rather normal, a fish in a lake, I will tell you it is not. This lake does not have any fish because this lake is a salty lake, much, much saltier than the ocean. And this was no normal fish either. This was a large, smelly, dead, albeit well preserved, carp! Yuck!

Now these older boys were not really keen on touching their rather foul discovery, so they scooped it up in a bucket to show the rest of the family. When an adult mentioned that two other little boys way out in the water might also have an interest in the disgustingly dead fish, the older boys headed out to show them. Now one of these little boys has no fear of creepy crawlies, slimy slitheries, or dead and smellies and reached right into that bucket and picked up that crappy carp and held it over his head. All of the adults back on the beach were mortified and quickly began to converse on the best way to sanitize said little boy, Suddenly, someone yelled out, "I'll give you 20 buck to lick it!" and before anyone could shout NOOOOOOO! that little boy hefted the dead fish up to his lips and gave it a big old lick!
I am not sure if any of the adults back on the beach managed to keep control their bladder as all thoughts of sanitation flew right out the window.
Thanks Cole for some of the funniest moments of my life!

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