The Fish

Hey it's Thursday 13 on Thursday the 13th! How about that, kids?

So the Naked Nerd wanted the info on the fish ... and I have so much to say about fish and my relationship with fish I thought I'd better do this on my TT.

It's not all what you think.

1. The symbol of the fish comes from the use of the fish as an early symbol of belief in Jesus: Ichthys (Greek: ἰχθύς; also transliterated and latinized as ichthys, icthus, or ikhthus), is the Greek word for "fish." It refers to a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs resembling the profile of a fish, used by early Christians as a secret symbol and is now known colloquially as the "Jesus fish." Read on ~ The Christian Fish - a brief history

The reason that the fish has evolved as a symbol of Christianity, as well as the Cross, comes from the Gospels of Matthew and Mark when Jesus said "Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Matthew 4:19 (Whole Chapter), Mark 1:17 (Whole Chapter)

2. The irony is I love and hate fish.

3. I love fish for reason #1 - the fish symbol for Christianity.

4. I hate fish because I'm scared of big fish like this one, though he is pretty.

5. I like to eat most seafood.

6. I used to fish as a kid and would bait my own hooks and those of my siblings/friends.

7. I don't particularly like to fish now because I feel sorry for them.

8. I did lose my fishing rod in Silver Lake when I was a kid when I was talking away and lost my concentration and let go of the fishing rod. I was about 5. Here I am. I'm the shorter one. The fishing instructor is big sis. I was the bait instructor. The plastic fishing rod in the 3rd picture is the one now at the bottom of Silver Lake.

9. When I was young we had goldfish in a pond in our front yard. We fished them with fishing rods out of a fish pond at a local business (with our parents). They lived for years and years. The even wintered over in the pond when the ice was frozen over because there was always water going into the pond from the sump pump. They were more or less like small carp like you see in the ponds in Florida.

10. I once snagged my dad in the arm with a fish hook. He had to go to hospital to have it removed. He fainted. No worry, he always faints for needles. I always felt bad about that.

11. I love snorkeling and scuba diving and swimming with colourful fish in a coral reef. 12. I would love to have a large tropical fish tank some day.

13. You often see people with da fish on the back of their cars or on bumper stickers. When we used to drive to Florida, we would play a game to look for all of the fish. There's a lot more in the States than in Canada. I have one on my car and so does my daughter. I got them at a Christian bookstore.

Thanks for reading my big fish stories!

Sláinte

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