WICHITA, KANSAS (JP) - A resident in a Wichita housing development saw a bouncing ball in the development’s pond. When he went to investigate, he was surprised to find a flathead catfish that had tried to swallow a child’s basketball - but the ball had become stuck in its mouth.![]() The fish was totally exhausted from trying to dive, but was unable to dive because the ball would always bring it back up to the surface. ![]() The resident tried numerous times to get the ball out of the catfish’s mouth, but was unsuccessful. ![]() He finally cut the ball to deflate it and then the catfish swam away. ![]() Sounds like a Catch-22 fishy story to us @ joe-ks.com... I got bigger fish to fly - Archie Bunker There's always a bigger fish. - Qui-Gon Jinn Paraffins: Found on sides of fish - Daffynitions joe-ks.com Bassinet: What every fisherman wants. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com Holy Mackerel: Fish served at Church supper - Daffynitions joe-ks.com A woman needs a man like a fish needs a net. - Cynthia Heimel You know why fish are so thin? They eat fish. - Jerry Seinfeld I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing. - Izaak Walton One can think of life after the fish is in the canoe. - Hawaii Proverb Retire to what? I already play golf and fish for a living. - Julius Boros When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain. - Mark Twain A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. - Benjamin Franklin It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings. - Kurt Cobain Ideal Summer Resort: A place where fish bite and mosquitoes don't - Daffynitions joe-ks.com A lawyer is an odd sort of fish, first rotten, then green, then ripe. - Robert Christy Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. - Lao Tzu A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other. - Samuel Johnson Clement Attlee reminds me of a dead fish before it has had time to stiffen. - George Orwell Any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming. - John Steinbeck Don't be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground. - Kim Young-ha Is this chicken or is this fish? I know it's tuna but it says chicken of the sea. - Jessica Simpson They laughed at Robert Fulton but without him, New York wouldn't have a fish market. - Archie Bunker There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an idiot. - Steven Wright Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection. - Arthur Ransome Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish. - Sam Snead Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada. - Paul Prudhomme The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. - Jim Hightower Of all the useless things a person can do, limerick writing is right up there with golf and fishing. - Garrison Keillor Give a man a fish and you have fed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you have fed him for a lifetime. - Chinese Proverb If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. - Doug Larson It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work. - Hugh N Jacobsen I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna-fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock. - Barbara Harrison Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish. - Ovid Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. - George Carlin Fish who are caught and released are like the aquatic equivalent of people who claim to have been abducted by aliens. - Bill Murray The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn't have eyeballs or fins. - Dave Barry There is only one thing harder than looking for a dewdrop in the dew, and that is fishing for a clam in the clam chowder. - New England Proverb Unsporting: Any fishing technique that has as its chief object the capture of fish rather than the accumulation of fishing equipment - Daffynitions joe-ks.com Bamboo: Eye-pleasing, but extremely expensive and difficult-to-maintain type of rod, used primarily by anglers who fish for compliments. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com see also Fishing Section “2 For 1” Fishing Cat Fish Cat Fish Basket Catch of the Day CaughtFish Fish Catch Of The Century Fish Eyes Fish Face Fish Farm Fishing in Florida Frozen Fish Leg Art Memory Fish Record State Catfish Catch Redneck Bass Boat Redneck Trophy Fish Siamese Pike Twins Smoked Fish Poacher |
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