The Fish Formally Known as Spot

Katie R.

No one who has seen the photo below will ever forget what my son did to our fish named Spot. Well it seems things aren't really looking up for the fish as his name has recently been downgraded to "Just Plain Fish"

So, how did the poor fish get his name changed?  Let us start at the beginning...

Originally we had 2 fish, one named spot and one named stripe, for the obvious reasons that one had white spots and one had a black strip down its back.  Now my husband was told by the owner of the pet shop that the stripe would disappear but of course he did not deviate from his original decision and the stripe did disappear in about a month. 

Unfortunately Stripe didn’t make it long in our house which is not shocking considering the fish have been known to eat crumbled up cheerios and raisin bran flakes if we didn't make it to the store to get fish food and I’m pretty sure the water gets changed quarterly.  However, as we have learned the fish formerly known as Spot is a survivor. 

A few weeks ago we were going on vacation and were on our way to drop the fish off at a friend’s house, with the promise that if anything happened to the fish while we were gone they would not replace it, when the topic of the fish’s name was brought up.  It was then that Andrew realized it was named Spot because he had spots, yes apparently this was a huge revelation to him, and he was not happy with its name.  He said the fish did NOT have spots and for those of you fortunate enough to know Andrew know the pitch of his voice when he said this was like fingernails on a chalkboard.  I guess in his mind having spots means the fish would have to have Dr. Seuss polka dots all over it.  So we then asked what his name was Andrew's answer was immediate and confident “just plain fish because he doesn't have any dots or stripes" 

So there you have it.  As if the fish did not have it bad enough in this house his name is now “just plain fish” or "just plain" for short.  Stay tuned for more adventures of the most unfortunate fish on Earth.