Yes, it is my sad and melancholy duty to inform you that our dear pet gin (or was it tonic?)  has passed on! This fish is no more! He has ceased to be! ‘E’s expired and gone to meet ‘is maker! ‘E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e rests in peace! If we hadn’t flushed him ‘e’d be pushing up the daisies! ‘Is metabolic processes are now ‘istory! ‘E’s off the twig! ‘E’s kicked the bucket, ‘e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile!

Kids took it really well. I don’t actually think he had been dead 5 seconds when Japs had whipped him out and started to feel him. He wanted to cut him open for a look and then asked if we could eat it. I said it was kinder to flush. Now the fight is on as to which fish died and what the new fish will be called.

Tags: gin, goldfish, tonic

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