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Author Topic: The Great Dwarven Menace: Goldfish?  (Read 3295 times)

kurisukun

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The Great Dwarven Menace: Goldfish?
« on: November 02, 2008, 03:37:17 pm »

So, I was doing some reading on the terror of the seas, the Dreaded Carp.

To summerize the article, Carp is a species of fish, not a specific fish in particular.   For example, a common goldfish is a smaller variety of Carp.

So yes, your dwarves, are being eaten alive, by goldfish.

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As a side note, Carp are actually evil, destroying habitats and wreaking havoc on the egosystem, waging war against the majestic Duck.   Those bastards!

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Re: The Great Dwarven Menace: Goldfish?
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2008, 03:59:12 pm »




As a side note, Carp are actually evil, destroying habitats and wreaking havoc on the egosystem, waging war against the majestic Duck.   Those bastards!

I feel a Weird Al Moment coming on.  ;D
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Re: The Great Dwarven Menace: Goldfish?
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2008, 06:01:12 pm »

Note Koi are carp as well

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-488131/British-fish-fan-splashes-worlds-largest-koi-carp.html

I mean, damn...
...the Daily Mail?! Christ, I hope you don't actually read that shite. It's almost as bad as the Sun. Then again, all tabloids are crap. If it weren't for the fact that they go through so much paper I'd think they were headed up by elves
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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2008, 12:34:38 am »

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Re: The Great Dwarven Menace: Goldfish?
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2008, 03:02:43 am »

4ft? 90lbs? thats nothing...

a sturgeon or musky fish is much scarier...

sturgeons are huge prehistoric fish which can get to about 9ft long and are fresh water

musky are not as big but have more and sharper teeth, they like to rest under docks in fresh water.

i have both in the deep (one of the top deepest freshwater lakes in the world, trout lake in ontario, its small enough that its hard to get the sea worthy diving equipment in to reach the bottom, i imagine they'll find a fair bit of cars and weight down bodies down there, assuming anyone ever bothers to go all the way down there) lake in my area, i refuse to go swimming there now x.x
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Re: The Great Dwarven Menace: Goldfish?
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2008, 03:19:33 am »



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Re: The Great Dwarven Menace: Goldfish?
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2008, 09:18:27 am »

...the Daily Mail?! Christ, I hope you don't actually read that shite. It's almost as bad as the Sun. Then again, all tabloids are crap. If it weren't for the fact that they go through so much paper I'd think they were headed up by elves.
Bloody goblins more like...
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Re: The Great Dwarven Menace: Goldfish?
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2008, 09:33:52 am »

Most Sturgeon get to about 9 feet long.  Some of the sub-species can grow as big as 18feet.  There's a lake in the Canadian Rockies that has its own 'Lock Ness' Monster.  Most people believe its a giant ass Sturgeon, you'd probably need an oil rig to pull the damn thing out.
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Re: The Great Dwarven Menace: Goldfish?
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2008, 10:59:31 am »

egosystem

Damn! We can't let that be ruined!
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« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2008, 05:14:53 pm »

...the Daily Mail?! Christ, I hope you don't actually read that shite. It's almost as bad as the Sun. Then again, all tabloids are crap. If it weren't for the fact that they go through so much paper I'd think they were headed up by elves.
Bloody goblins more like...
Nah, the paparazzi are like goblins; you hate them because they're intrusive, blood-thirsty little fuckers who don't know when enough is enough. The "journalists" writing articles for the papers are like elves because they don't really do anything to directly interfere in your life, you just hate them because of what they are and the bullshit they spew from their mouths.
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Re: The Great Dwarven Menace: Goldfish?
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2008, 07:11:35 pm »

egosystem

Damn! We can't let that be ruined!
Is that saracasm?  Because it is an issue.  A cluster of trees in the park of every city ain't gonna make of O2 for the human race to live on.  Then there's all sorts of other issues.  What's gonna keep farm plots capable of actually growing anything?  Where will we get our seafood?
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« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2008, 07:22:54 pm »

egosystem

Damn! We can't let that be ruined!
Is that saracasm?  Because it is an issue.  A cluster of trees in the park of every city ain't gonna make of O2 for the human race to live on.  Then there's all sorts of other issues.  What's gonna keep farm plots capable of actually growing anything?  Where will we get our seafood?

"egosystem"

read it more closely.
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« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2008, 07:33:47 pm »

egosystem

Damn! We can't let that be ruined!
Is that saracasm?  Because it is an issue.  A cluster of trees in the park of every city ain't gonna make of O2 for the human race to live on.  Then there's all sorts of other issues.  What's gonna keep farm plots capable of actually growing anything?  Where will we get our seafood?

"egosystem"

read it more closely.
Oh, I didn't see that at first.  Guess it's just my brain trying to fix an error before I see it.  Happened the other day when I read the Bizzaro comic in the paper.  Someone had to point it out. 
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"Oh look there is a dragon my clothes might burn let me take them off and only wear steel plate."
And this is how tinned food was invented.
Alternately: The Brick Testament. It's a really fun look at what the bible would look like if interpreted literally. With Legos.
Just so I remember

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Re: The Great Dwarven Menace: Goldfish?
« Reply #14 on: November 03, 2008, 10:10:28 pm »

egosystem

Damn! We can't let that be ruined!
Is that saracasm?  Because it is an issue.  A cluster of trees in the park of every city ain't gonna make of O2 for the human race to live on.  Then there's all sorts of other issues.  What's gonna keep farm plots capable of actually growing anything?  Where will we get our seafood?

Meh, in a few years time Yellowstone will blow its load. More Co2 then ever produced by humans in all of history in mere minutes. Plus, we will probably all die then too, so, who's gonna save the earth then?
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