World's oldest eel dies in Swedish well[155]

The Local ^ | 08 Aug 2014 | The Local

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Eel be missed.

[CrazyIvan]

Robin would think that’s hilarious.

[MrB]

That’s what I was just thinking...

celebrities die in 3’s.

[Veto!]

Aww…eel on the rainbow bridge is cute. Pet snakes must climb it too, and frogs and lizards.

[Clay Moore]

There are eels in my hovercraft.

[Charles Martel]

For that matter, how did only one of two eels in the well get “boiled”?

[AnAmericanMother]

Now come on, have you EVER heard of eel poop killing anyone? :-)

[buridan]

“The eel received no burial, but is in a freezer awaiting expert analysis.”

It should be sent to an eleemosynary institution.

[AnAmericanMother]

Bad translation. I went and looked at the original article. “Kolat” outfoxed Google Translate, but it’s pretty clear from context that it means “decomposed” not “deoxycholate” (Google’s attempt) and certainly not “boiled”.

[Tax-chick]

Would we like an eeeeeeel thread, or would that be too slimy?

[varon]

I am doubting the veracity that it was the worlds oldest European eel.

Would you doubt the veracity that it was the world's oldest known European eel?

[Mastador1]

Would you doubt the veracity that it was the world's oldest known European eel?

No, nor would I have made my comment if that was what the story stated. But as I read the story it stated as fact that it was the world's oldest.

[j.havenfarm]

Thank you. Your post will now go up in the “Most Erudite” wing of the FReeper Museum. Well done, FRiend!

[dfwgator]

He was in my hovercraft.

[NicknamedBob]

Seems perfect for us.

I haven’t checked to see if there’s an eel in my well, but I know that my well isn’t as old as that.

I do also know that there’s an extra valve down there.

[Charles Martel]

Bad translation. I went and looked at the original article. “Kolat” outfoxed Google Translate, but it’s pretty clear from context that it means “decomposed” not “deoxycholate” (Google’s attempt) and certainly not “boiled”.

I suspected as much, but couldn't resist having some fun with it. Either way, blech.

[Tax-chick]

We don’t have a well, and if we did, it would have arsenic in it, which would probably be bad for the eels.

[BigEdLB]

Would you doubt the veracity that it was the world's oldest known European eel?

Yeah... No one still around that witnessed the birth of the eel in 1859.

[NicknamedBob]

"No one still around that witnessed the birth of the eel in 1859."

And no one kinky enough to watch that sort of thing before 1961.

[NicknamedBob]

And why does the picture of the eel remind me of Michigan J. Frog?