Texsox Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 An Australian woman was found to be carrying 51 live tropical fish after custom officials were alerted by "flipping" noises coming from beneath her skirt as she arrived at Melbourne airport. On closer inspection, officers discovered the woman had strapped on an apron of plastic water-filled bags containing the fish, the Australian Customs Service said. "During the search, customs officers became suspicious after hearing 'flipping' noises coming from the vicinity of her waist," said the statement. The 43-year-old woman arrived in Melbourne on a flight from Singapore last Friday. Customs are still trying to determine what type of fish she brought into the country and have not yet charged her with an offence. She could face charges for breaking quarantine and customs laws for bringing in the fish without giving a declaration. A search of the woman's home in Melbourne found another five fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Somehow...this makes me think of Led Zeppelin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 12:53 PM) Somehow...this makes me think of Led Zeppelin... OK... I'll bite. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 The Led Zeppelin Shark tale. Probably not good reading if you're at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 (edited) QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 01:12 PM) The Led Zeppelin Shark tale. Probably not good reading if you're at work. Well, I'll be damned. I'm actually quite familiar with the famed Mud Shark incident, but I didn't get the Zep reference because I never knew Bonham or their road manager were in attendance. The event was mythologized by Zappa and the Flo and Eddie incarnation of the Mothers, as recorded on the Fillmore 1971 live album and is also available on numerous bootleg show tapes from that vintage of the band. Out You go out So far out You do the Mud Shark. baby ... etc FZ's narrative libretto to the song "Mud Sh-sh-shark" relates the version of the story I'm familiar with, but putting at least some of Led Zeppelin at the scene gives it a little more cache' than the Vanilla Fudge. Then again, the Mothers had just had the dubious honor of happing to open for the Vanilla Fudge on this tour, so Frank likely enjoyed lampooning them in song. He always chagrined when he recalled being booed off the stage by pimply bubblegummers shouting "Youse guys stink... bring out the Fudge!" FZ: Lemme tell you 'bout the Mud Shark... The origins of the Mud Shark are as follows: There's a motel in Seattle, Washington called the Edgewater Inn. The Edgewater Inn's built on a pier.. so that means that when you look out your window you don't see any dirt -- it's got a bay or something out in your backyard,,, And to make it even more interesting, in the lobby of the aforementioned motel there's a bait and tackle shop where the residents can go down whenever they want to, and rent a fishing pole and some preserved minnows and schlep back up to their rooms, open the window, stick their little pole outside and within a few minutes actually catch a fish of some sort that they can bring into their motel room and do whatever they want with it... you know what I mean? Now in this bay there's quite a variety of ah... fish! Not only do they have mud sharks up there, they got little octopusses that you can catch. And all these denizens of the deep can come in real handy... Let's say you were a travelling Rock and Roll band called the Vanilla Fudge. Let's say one night you checked into the Edgewater Inn Motel with a 8mm movie camera, enough money to rent a pole, and just to make it more interesting -- a succulent young lady (Mnaaaah!) with a taste for the bizarre... My mind drifts back to a meeting, a chance meeting in the Chicago O'Hare Airport where the members of the Vanilla Fudge told Don Preston about a home movie they made at the Edgewater Inn with a Mud Shark. I'm gonna tell you, this dance, the Mud Shark, is sweeping the ocean!... Edited June 7, 2005 by FlaSoxxJim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 What isn't our seafood good enough? Just ask Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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