Strangetown Extras: April Fish!

[strangetomato]

Did you know that the practical joking element of April Fools Day was most likely started in France? In France (or French cultures, like in French Canada) the person being fooled is referred to as a poisson d'avril, or April fish. This originally had something to do with the zodiac, and the French traditionally celebrated April Fools Day by placing dead fish on the backs of their friends. (No, I'm not making this up!)

Fish fight!




Johnny: You're going down, Grunt!

Ripp: Ooooof!




Johnny: Oh, NICE! A direct hit!

Ripp: Owwww! Watch the face, Johnny!

Johnny: Fish in the face!




Ripp: I'll bet you'd fucking love that, huh, Johnny? A big face full of fish?

Johnny: Don't get it in my mouth! I'm a vegetarian!

Ripp: That doesn't count, John.




Johnny: Face your defeat, Ripp. You're no match for me.

Ripp: Yeah, you have all the fucking skills, Johnny. Nobody slings a fish around quite like you do.

Johnny: Good workout! Now I don't need to go for a jog.

Ripp: Why jog when you can play with giant fish?




Ripp: Another challenger, hey? You'll be sorry, Phi...

Ophelia: Oh, we'll see about that!

Ripp: *gets pummeled*




Ripp: You call that a fish slap?! You hit like a girl, Phi!

Ophelia: So do you!

Ripp: You'll pay for that remark!

Ophelia: Bring it on!




Ripp: It's easy to hit such a nice, round target!

Ophelia: Hey! Watch it!

Ripp: *thinking* Such a sweet, sweet target...




Ophelia: It's not THAT big!




Ripp: Nothing wrong with a little junk on the trunk, Phi. Nothing at all... *stares*

Ophelia: You're an April fool alright. Get your face out of there!

Ripp: This is my favourite day of the year. Fuckin' sweet...




Ophelia: You're in for it!

Ripp: Oh, that's right! Punish me.








Oh, and I almost forgot... the mod that turns your pillow fights into fish fights can be found here.

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Heheh. Don't challenge me to a gross contest. You will lose. (And maybe it's because I grew up next to a beach, and ended up covered in the stuff a lot of the time, but fish spawn doesn't bother me at all.)

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

The spawn itself isn't really that gross, it's the act of squeezing it out onto me, like some nasty reproductive toothpaste.

And it would smell bad. Really bad, like deep fried groundhog.

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Reproductive toothpaste. *snerk*

Why do I have the feeling that you know from experience just how deep fried groundhog smells?

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

I know I've mentioned it before.

I have eaten deep fried groundhog (prepared by my VERY hillbilly gma--the lone gparent survivor, by the way)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Children actually do that, you know. With capelin. And it is a little like shooting toothpaste, only not as thick. Pretty nasty if it gets on you.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

That's just nasty.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

It is pretty nasty. But when you have a beach full of capelin (they sometimes roll up onto the shore, leaving hundreds of dead ones on the beach), you can expect children to think of creative ways to use them.

I always preferred to just wade out into the (freezing cold) water and feel them around my feet. It was so weird when there were that many fish in one place.