Friday, March 10, 2006

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Mira. She was not the most average little girl in the world, a little bit too weird to be average. One night she had a dream. In this dream she was walking along the beach with her boyfriend Ralph, and a dolphin named Phil. Don't ask me how the dolphin was walking. It just was. They were having a very important discussion about how best to eat fish. Mira said she thought the best way was for it to be grilled over an open fire, and served with a nice rice pilaf cooked in a subtle yet flavorful red wine. Ralph said that he thought the fish should be filleted and broiled in the oven and served with a colorful blend of stir fry vegetables. Both Mira and Ralph agreed that their fish should be eaten with a glass of white wine. What did Phil think? Phil said that the fish should definitely be fresh, so fresh that he said it should be caught alive and swallowed whole. He said it should be eaten with a side of kelp, and maybe some plankton. The drink of his choice you ask? Some nice salt water. Both Mira and Ralph were aghast! They thought there friend Phil was so civilized, and here was talking about eating live fish, swallowing them whole! Later that evening they dropped Phil back off at his tank. As Mira and Ralph were walking home, they realized the moral of their evening was this: You can take the dolphin out of the ocean, but you cannot take the ocean out of the dolphin.

Having realized this Mira woke up. She called Ralph and told him about her dream. He said, "hmm, Mira that's fishy." She said, "Oh Ralph, you're so corny, I love you." Then they laughed and laughed until both of them were hungry. They went out that night with their friend Phil (not a dolphin) for dinner. He suggested Sushi and both Mira and Ralph started laughing, Phil was highly insulted. He said, "What, you people don't like raw fish?"

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