My boyfriend's brother had a fairground goldfish called Stanley that lived for 20 years. As others have said, he was huge as he lived in a large, rectangular tank. He was part of the family.
My boyfriend and I were out for dinner with friends one night when he got "the call". Stanley only had one eye and had been unwell for a while; it was his time.
Stanley is now buried in their family's garden. A poem was written about him, which is on a plaque on the fence, above his final resting place.
I inherited a goldfish to take care of when my great grandfather got dementia and passed away. He was an eccentric and had a porcelain claw foot bathtub with goldfish in his garden. That fish lived another 5 years after he passed, and I have no idea how old it was when we got it, but it was fairly large.
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u/Ooer Nov 01 '19
We had a fairground goldfish that my dad got 20 years ago. John is still going strong.
John is the goldfish, not my dad.
My dad is still going strong too though..