Ok, I’ll admit it. I was wrong. I used to doubt the ehibit “Talk to a Fish”. I thought it was super-lame- one of the lamest exhibits on the floor. I mean, come on…it’s a flourescent pink phone in a tank with a wierd blue fish. When you pick up the phone it makes muffled farting noises. What’s there to like about it?
Well, today I got the answer – A lot!
It all started about one o’clock when Dawn and I were roaming the mid and kept seeing the same group of kids huddled excitedly around Mr. Fish’s tank.
They were about third graders and were having the funniest conversation with the fish. They found out all about it including it’s birthday (May 18th) and it’s age (2 yrs old). They had some great questions for Mr. Fish and some equally awsome responses. For example…
Kid #1 – Do you know 5+5?
(A beat)
Kid #1 – Oh almost, actually it’s 10. (then to us) He said 9.
or
Kid #2 – Do you know your ABC’s
(pause)
Kid #2 – No, actually it’s A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z…not F-I-S-H.
Through our interpreters we learned that all Mr. Fish wants for his birthday is the companionship of a fish of the same species. He originally wanted a goldfish for a friend but the kids informed him that fish only get along with the same type of fish.
Insipired by the connection, Dawn and I want to write “Mr. Fish From Fish Phone” (The Musical). If you want to help, let us know. Don’t forget to say “Happy Birthday” to Mr. Fish on Friday the 18th. He’ll only turn two once!
Is the sky blue?! Of course I want to be in the musical! Is there a narrator? I’ve always wanted to narrate in song just like that chick did in Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat.
[...] let’s just say that you are more likely to get a deeply meaningful conversation with Mr. Fish than you are with Daisy. But it’s fun and interesting to try to talk to her, and make her say [...]