# My Goldfish Died...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goldfish-died/115441>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 22, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goldfish-died/115441 "2002-06-22T15:00:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goldfish-died/115441/1 "2002-06-22T15:00:45Z")

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It wasn’t just any normal goldfish either. It reached the ripe old age of 13 before its untimely demise this morning. ☹  
It was the last of four won at a carnivel many years ago. The first two died in the first month. The third lasted 8 years before perishing. This last little guy (though by the end he could hardly be called _little_ lasted many good years. It’s sad, but I guess it was his time to move on, to the big fishbowl in the sky.☹

Goodbye, friend.

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**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goldfish-died/115441/2 "2002-06-22T15:03:10Z")

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Awwww, I’m sorry about your goldfish. ☹

At least it lived a good, long life.

I think 13 in goldfish years is like 284 in human years! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goldfish-died/115441/3 "2002-06-22T19:58:24Z")

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Wow. Thirteen is really good for a little- or not so little- goldfish.

I’m sorry, though. I felt bad when my little frog died, even though he died in a matter of weeks. Even if a pet is really small, it sucks to lose it. ☹

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-goldfish-died/115441/4 "2002-06-22T20:51:39Z")

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wow, 13 years, that’s amazing.

one of my 4 fish died this week. i gave him a burial in the palm tree planter.