Complaints end goldfish racing at Washington state bar

Yahoo ^ | 4/23/11 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

TACOMA, Wash. -- The weekly gold fish races at a Tacoma bar are canceled after it received complaints from animal rights activists.

Every Tuesday night the Harmon Tap Room would feature races in which cheap feeder fish from a pet store were "raced" down two 8-foot troughs. Racers guided the fish with squirt bottles.

[NormsRevenge]

They replaced the goldfish racing with beer pong.

[NormsRevenge]

That’s Racin’!

[holyscroller]

Animal rights activists, those wonderful guys who love wolves, grizzlies and all things deadly and harmful, but hate human beings

[djf]

I wonder if those jerk activists realize what the alternative is for a FEEDER goldfish?

Guess we’ll have to petition so that anybody who has a carnivorous fish in their fish tank only feeds them lettuce and parsley...

[politicalmerc]

I’d like to stick some of those PETA people in a bear den at spring time and see how much they like maama Griz when she’s hungry and cubbing.

[tumblindice]

They make good flathead bait.

[Fractal Trader]

WA ping

[spokeshave]

...bummer...back to dwarf hurling....

anyway...goldfish racing is for wimpy lefties...like 0bambi...

[SampleMan]

They need to replace it with an Animal Rights BBQ.

[taillightchaser]

Does this mean that goldfish racing will not be an Olympic event?

[cowboyway]

[seowulf]

How would they feel about a live goldfish eating contest?

[sionnsar]

Thanks to -Fractal Trader for the ping.

Say WA? Evergreen State ping

Quick link: WA State Board

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[tumblindice]

li’l `river kittens’ as big fish bait
http://www.catfish1.com/forums/f174/fishing-gold-fish-flathead-catfish-17216.html

[dfwgator]

"The English contribution to world cuisine: the chip. What do the English usually eat with chips to make them more interesting? Wait a moment! It's fish. Isn't it?"

[FourPeas]

The American culture is stuck on stupid.

Exactly how does it harm goldfish to squirt them with water while they swim?

[sionnsar]

Thanks to -Fractal Trader for the ping.

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[politicalmerc]

I’d like to stick some of those PETA people in a bear den at spring time and see how much they like maama Griz when she’s hungry and cubbing.

[ColdOne]

Oh the humanity!!!!

[dr_lew]

How long before it comes to this ?

[ninergold3]

This sounds like fun - may have to have goldfish racing at my daughter’s 20th birthday party.

[Stoat]

There are times when I’m so profoundly embarrassed to be a native Washingtonian I just have to constant-facepalm. Then there are the other times, when I’m asleep.
“sigh”

[sionnsar]

What’s funny is that my first mental image was of a bunch of attorneys doing the racing. Wrong bar.

[sionnsar]

What’s funny is that my first mental image was of a bunch of attorneys doing the racing. Wrong bar.

[Joined2Justify]

Yup, goota feed Momma !

[Vigilantcitizen]

Bttt.

[Joined2Justify]

Any bar is the right bar, as long as the leftest liberal group can shut it down, or lower attendence. Call the Fun Police quick !!!

[WePledge]

Just put a little wasabi on them and call them Sashimi
when they finish the race. You'd have to buy new fish every
week but the new “sushi bar” should cover the costs./s

[sionnsar]

Think “Bar Association”

[Slings and Arrows]

Where do they get the jockeys?

[Danae]

One word....

Nematodes. Fear them you will yes?

[Allegra]

Bartender Joel Cummings told KIRO-FM the fish were cared for when they weren't racing but occasionally they would pass away.

That's just awful.

When I was a kid, we sometimes had a pet goldfish or two.

And occasionally one would pass away.

Something has got to be done to stop this!!

[Slings and Arrows]

Nematodes. Fear them you will yes?

There's a new sound...

[Daffynition]

[glock rocks]

They should replace goldfish racing with pita races... put PETA members on the slide and use fire hoses. Hell, I’d pay to watch. Save the feeder fish, next round’s on me!

[lowbridge]

...bummer...back to dwarf hurling....

Who wants to watch a midget throw up? ;-)

[JoeProBono]

[Daffynition]

Happy Easter!

[Daffynition]

We know the type:

Woman flees Wal-mart in her bra

[Texas Eagle]

That's great. Now there literally IS nothing to do in Tacoma.

Heh, heh. Just kidding. As a former resident, I think I still have license to make fun of the place.

[Danae]

OMG!!!?! wtf was THAT??? ROTFLMAO!!! Where the heck do do you FIND this stuff!!! You absolutely crack me up!!!

[TheOldLady]

Cute.

[TheOldLady]

Harmon Tap Room should tell PETA to take a hike. As soon as the fish get “organized” and protest their employment at the bar, which involves a lot less getting eaten than their day jobs do, then PETA can step in with lawyers and finance the case.

Otherwise, they can go play elsewhere.

[martin_fierro]

Team Oscar seeks (really, really small) sponsorship decals

[Slings and Arrows]

Darksheare gets the credit for that one - I'm just an accessory after the fact.

This version, though, I found all by myself.

[Slings and Arrows]

SEIU is probably champing at the bit.

[TheOldLady]

The goldfish itty bitty gurgles must be heard!

[Darksheare]

Vasser College had an in house radio station.
They played the original.
Repeatedly.

[Slings and Arrows]

Drugs were involved, I take it?

[Darksheare]

WVKR Vass College Radio?
That’s a given.