Lost Jewellery Turning Up in Fish

[llewtrah]

Another one from the "life fimitates myth" category. The myth is that a person loses a ring in the sea and gets it back when it turns up in a fish they catch.

An Australian woman claims the nose stud she lost in the sea off Tasmania turned up inside a fish caught by her fiance three days later.

Maybe I've read so many ULs I find the "life imitates myth" news stories fishy

[tribrats]

We've always joked that someone was in for a surprise when they catch the fish that swallowed the glass eye my Uncle lost while swimming (back in the mid 80's). Of course it's probably on the bottom of the lake somewhere but still...

[llewtrah]

Originally Posted by tribrats

We've always joked that someone was in for a surprise when they catch the fish that swallowed the glass eye my Uncle lost while swimming (back in the mid 80's). Of course it's probably on the bottom of the lake somewhere but still...

Aaah, but it only works if you send your uncle (or a close relative) out fishing!

[tribrats]

Originally Posted by llewtrah

Aaah, but it only works if you send your uncle (or a close relative) out fishing!

So thats why we've never seen anything on the news! It was a vacation spot they went to and as far as I know, no-one in the family has been back to it.

Wasn't there an EBAY Commercial just like this? A Girl loses her ring down the drain, and then later is eating fish and finds it. I highly doubt that with the millions of fish out there someone could lose a piece of jewelry and then find it in a fish three days later.

Originally Posted by Ezri

Wasn't there an EBAY Commercial just like this? A Girl loses her ring down the drain, and then later is eating fish and finds it. I highly doubt that with the millions of fish out there someone could lose a piece of jewelry and then find it in a fish three days later.

Maybe in a pond or smallish lake. Reading the article, the item in question was a nose stud (I'm guessing just a regular metal stud, nothing unique or special), and her boyfriend caught the fish containing the replacement. While I suppose it's possible, I suspect the boyfriend is the most thoughtful guy in the world and bought an identical stud and shoved it down a fish so it would be found with her present. Girlfriend is happy, no "That's nice but I miss mine," and a cool story that nobody will believe years from now. Basically +5 vorpal win.

Who over the age of three would want to stick something in their nose that came out of a fish?

if you'd stick it in your mouth, why not in your nose? provided it's been cleaned, of course.

(no giggling at the back, there.)

[chocolate kisses]

Originally Posted by Ezri

Wasn't there an EBAY Commercial just like this? A Girl loses her ring down the drain, and then later is eating fish and finds it. I highly doubt that with the millions of fish out there someone could lose a piece of jewelry and then find it in a fish three days later.

I would guess the ring is really caught in the drain pipe.