# Fishmas Tree! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460 "2010-12-08T19:50:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/1 "2010-12-08T19:50:07Z")
[A Christmas tree in a Japanese aquarium.](http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B011Y20101201) Frankly, I was shocked! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/2 "2010-12-08T20:26:53Z")
The name of the guy who set it up? STEVE VOLT! ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/3 "2010-12-08T22:08:26Z")
Watt does it mean??? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/4 "2010-12-08T22:13:14Z")
It’s kind of fishy but now I want to power my Christmas tree with an eel. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/5 "2010-12-08T22:15:40Z")
I love threads about current affairs. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/6 "2010-12-08T22:55:29Z")
It isn’t something I’d want in my ohm ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/7 "2010-12-09T05:10:24Z")
Do they charge admission? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/8 "2010-12-09T05:15:54Z")
I’ll have to keep an ion this. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/9 "2010-12-09T06:21:09Z")
I bet it’s just a plug for a new product or something. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/10 "2010-12-09T06:43:34Z")
Electricity puns in a fish-related thread? What’s next, gambling? I’m sharked, I tell you. Sharked. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/11 "2010-12-09T09:18:11Z")
we’re just doing it for the halibut ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/12 "2010-12-09T13:40:28Z")
This thread is fun for all the boys and gills. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/13 "2010-12-09T15:40:11Z")
You’ve gotta get up really eely to beat you guys. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/14 "2010-12-09T16:48:48Z")
I winder how much resistance the idea initially met with. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/15 "2010-12-09T16:54:25Z")
Now that’s the way to conduct a PR campaign. Thomas Edo-son would be so proud. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/16 "2010-12-09T17:11:26Z")
Don’t get crabby when all you get is Fisher Price toys for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/17 "2010-12-10T20:01:27Z")
Is this something the average person could afford? Does the eel work for scale? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/18 "2010-12-10T20:07:02Z")
You have to be careful when working with eels. If you make them mad, they might revolt. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/19 "2010-12-11T00:54:46Z")
[O Christmas tree, with electric eel…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=447684&highlight=galvanic) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460/20 "2010-12-11T01:31:44Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Does the eel work for scale? They slip him a fin. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishmas-tree/563460.md?page=2)