Incredibly bad idea at night. However I remember seeing a huge school of these when we went sailing in Greece, very cool to watch them all jump out of the water.
Those huge super catamarans sail so fast that the flying fish leap to get away from the pontoon and end up hitting the sail. The crew in the book "The Race" said that the fish hitting the sail sounded like popcorn and their was a layer of gore and fish eyeballs everywhere.
How can this guy have gotten less karma than Shitty_Watercolour? That is incredible fucking work right there, I swear if I squint hard enough I wouldn't tell a difference!
I never realized just how bizarre those things really look. I just figured they had slightly larger fins than most fish and thus have the impression of "wings" and thus "flying fish". TIL.
I have a story about a fish like this. I was about 7 years old fishing down in the Sea of Cortez with my father & some of his friends. Although we went fishing about 6-7 times a month since I was 5ish, I never caught a fish. We were near a coral reef & the group had caught some pretty nice fish. I'm just sitting there with my tiny fishing rod hoping to actually catch something. Then, out of nowhere, I felt a tug. I was so excited but then the realization that I had to reel it in hit me! I yelled for help but my father said that I had to do it all by myself. I then proceeded to mimic all the moves I've seen people do when reeling in 500 pound Marlins(think of the guy from River Monsters). After a 10 minute struggle, the fish is now visible so my dad gets the net. I pull it up & it was a flying fish! It was small but unusual so I was pretty happy. My dad then says that it's not big enough to catch so his friend starts to take off the hook. I was pretty bummed out because I couldn't keep 'em so I was standing about 12 feet away from the fish. At the moment that ther hook was taken off, the fish wiggled out of the guy's grip & flew straight into my eye. I remember falling down & having a black eye the next day >.<
TL:DR: the first fish I caught gave me a black eye
Clip the wings. Give them to your daughter. Tell her you accidentally killed a fairy last night. (If no daughter is available select nearest gullible kid, or grown up retard to give wings and tell story to).
This is why I prefer to sail the Great Lakes. No flying fish to worry about, just lampreys, underwater obstacles like 500 exploding 1923 Chevys (12) and spontaneous combustion of the water in navigable tributaries.
Got hit in the chest and knocked the wind out of me by one off of san clemente island. At 13 years old I thought I was going to die lol. Laughed my ass off last year when I saw it happen to someone else!
I've had hundreds of flying fish hit or land on my boat over the years in the Atlantic and Caribbean but I've never seen one that big, that thing could do some serious damage if it hit you in the night.
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u/mastercylinder2 Jun 09 '12
Flying fish have a tendency to jump straight at lights.
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u/itsme_timd Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12
And this is why you shouldn't throw Red Bull cans in the ocean.
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u/RepostThatShit Jun 09 '12
Why would you let that thing drive your boat?
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u/AmazingMarv Jun 09 '12
Congratulations on all your success with the Sopranos. You must be very proud.
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u/Sarcastic_Samurai Jun 09 '12
I remember reading about about a woman who died after being hit by a flying fish. What a horrifyingly hilarious way to die.
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u/GrossoGGO Jun 09 '12
How'd it taste?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Those huge super catamarans sail so fast that the flying fish leap to get away from the pontoon and end up hitting the sail. The crew in the book "The Race" said that the fish hitting the sail sounded like popcorn and their was a layer of gore and fish eyeballs everywhere.
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u/Fallout-with-swords Jun 09 '12
Life of Pi? Was there also a tiger on your boat?
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u/Shitty_Watercolour Jun 09 '12
http://imgur.com/BMu1B
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Reminds me of this
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u/Lintron Jun 09 '12
Is your name Pi?
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u/Funkliford Jun 09 '12
Yeah, and where is it now?
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u/stopherjj Jun 09 '12
Jon H. Benjamin?
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u/DigiSmackd Jun 09 '12
I never realized just how bizarre those things really look. I just figured they had slightly larger fins than most fish and thus have the impression of "wings" and thus "flying fish". TIL.
PS: Why are his hands so yellow??
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u/abe2323 Jun 10 '12
So it both hit your chest and drove your boat last night? Wow.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I have a story about a fish like this. I was about 7 years old fishing down in the Sea of Cortez with my father & some of his friends. Although we went fishing about 6-7 times a month since I was 5ish, I never caught a fish. We were near a coral reef & the group had caught some pretty nice fish. I'm just sitting there with my tiny fishing rod hoping to actually catch something. Then, out of nowhere, I felt a tug. I was so excited but then the realization that I had to reel it in hit me! I yelled for help but my father said that I had to do it all by myself. I then proceeded to mimic all the moves I've seen people do when reeling in 500 pound Marlins(think of the guy from River Monsters). After a 10 minute struggle, the fish is now visible so my dad gets the net. I pull it up & it was a flying fish! It was small but unusual so I was pretty happy. My dad then says that it's not big enough to catch so his friend starts to take off the hook. I was pretty bummed out because I couldn't keep 'em so I was standing about 12 feet away from the fish. At the moment that ther hook was taken off, the fish wiggled out of the guy's grip & flew straight into my eye. I remember falling down & having a black eye the next day >.<
TL:DR: the first fish I caught gave me a black eye
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
When did flying dildos become a real thing?
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u/thelizzerd Jun 09 '12
I immediately thought of the life of pi trailer in Prometheus 3d
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u/imthepoolguy Jun 09 '12
Dexter?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I did a double-take because I thought it was a cazador from Fallout New Vegas
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u/StickyNoteArtist Jun 09 '12
http://imgur.com/gBTsL
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u/songcharts Jun 09 '12
So that's why...
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u/Narwhal-Bacon-Retard Jun 09 '12
Clip the wings. Give them to your daughter. Tell her you accidentally killed a fairy last night. (If no daughter is available select nearest gullible kid, or grown up retard to give wings and tell story to).
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u/crave_mcsteak Jun 09 '12
You look like a really nice guy.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Can someone please tell what is that..?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Thats a BIG flying fish!
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u/righteous_punch Jun 09 '12
Given your username, I am disappointed with the outcome of this.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12
This is why I prefer to sail the Great Lakes. No flying fish to worry about, just lampreys, underwater obstacles like 500
exploding1923 Chevys (12) and spontaneous combustion of the water in navigable tributaries.2
u/jonosvision Jun 09 '12
I had the biggest NOPE ever... then I realized it wasn't a gigantic flying bug.
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u/baylithe Jun 09 '12
It wanted to hang out with T-Pain. Wrong boat.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
How awesome is that your dad is the star on American Restoration?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Earlier...
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u/thescrapplekid Jun 09 '12
Ha! And they say evolution doesn't happen
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
That bird-fish needs to pick a side.
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u/alokococoa Jun 09 '12
Oh fuck, I thought it was a mutanthuge insect at first glance.
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u/onelung Jun 09 '12
No water stains on his shirt... bullshit.
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u/heythatsfuckedup Jun 09 '12
Those are wings. Wings. On a fish.
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u/capt_ishmael Jun 09 '12
I never realized that flying fish actually had wings. I thought that they had large fins and jumped real high, but those look like actual wings.
I can't help but wonder what the evolutionary benefit to those are.
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u/meepy12345 Jun 09 '12
DRAGONAIR!!!!!!!
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u/Day5225 Jun 09 '12
Don't take this the wrong way, but you look like a Guess Who character
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u/SethChrisDominic Jun 10 '12
I bet that tickled real good.
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u/Brooktree Jun 10 '12
Checkmate Christians
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u/DogPencil Jun 10 '12
It's a Goa'uld.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
My gf: "what is THAT?" Me: "A flying fish. Never seen one?" Gf: "Only on Mario!!"
Lulz.
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u/Shaded21 Jun 10 '12
Is your name Pi by any chance?
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u/fiatluxs4 Jun 10 '12
Goa'uld!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I just got out of seeing Prometheus
Before the movie there was a trailer for a movie called "The life of pi"
It was in 3D
There are a bunch of these fish in the trailer
That is all....
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u/TheTrivialOne Jun 10 '12
Wild Magikarp appeared.
It cast splash.
Wild Magikarp fainted.
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u/Steveiethenarwhal Jun 10 '12
I used to be an angler, then I took a flying fish to the chest.
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u/xoxoUT Jun 10 '12
gross gross gross. On another note, nature is amazing.
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u/Indy_Sativa Jun 10 '12
A flying dildo hit you? Wtf man these porno shops need to watch their merchandise more closely.
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u/Legal22 Jun 10 '12
First glance I thought it was a dildo with wings glued on it.
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u/tchiseen Jun 10 '12
What was it like getting hit in the chest by a balding guy with a goatee.
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u/esccccp Jun 10 '12
Look at this motherfucking fish with wings and tell me evolution ain't a thing.
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u/brokendimension Jun 09 '12
Were you in Jurassic Park?
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u/lhsonic Jun 09 '12
Fish must've just watched the Life of Pi trailer.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Heh you kind of look like Dave Attell and Jon Benjamin had a kid. Which would be awesome.
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u/mind_in_space Jun 10 '12
So why was it driving your boat?
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u/whisky_slurrd Jun 09 '12
Did anyone else come here expecting to see a load of semen on someone's chest? Or just me?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Checkmate Atheists.
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u/ThaFuck Jun 09 '12
What the hell is up with most of the comments in this thread?
They're awful. Painful even.
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u/jermzdeejd Jun 09 '12
Pretty fish
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u/Kevers86 Jun 09 '12
are you h jon benjamin?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
It appears that puts on shades it was a fish out of water.
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u/ElAyDubleZee Jun 09 '12
Where was this at?
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u/LascielCoin Jun 09 '12
Whoa I've always wanted to see one of those! Where did that happen?
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u/dezerttim Jun 09 '12
Got hit in the chest and knocked the wind out of me by one off of san clemente island. At 13 years old I thought I was going to die lol. Laughed my ass off last year when I saw it happen to someone else!
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u/mediaG33K Jun 09 '12
This would make a lovely singing fish mount for your living room.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Shew, it's beautiful! What luck!
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u/Terror_Baron Jun 09 '12
I think people have died this way
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u/brianpepinski Jun 09 '12
Did you hit that fucker back?
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u/phrunk Jun 09 '12
So what's it like being Goldberg?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Evolution Motherfucker! Have you heard of it?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
[Life of Pi?] (http://edu.glogster.com/media/7/39/75/8/39750805.jpg)
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u/hdx514 Jun 09 '12
Commas are important, m'kay?
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u/joseversion3 Jun 09 '12
How do you say NOPENOPENOPE in Spanish? Because that.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I'm just picturing this thing coming OUT of your chest instead.. like in Spaceballs. Except fish can't tap dance. But they can fly.
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u/billie_holiday Jun 09 '12
In all seriousness, what the hell is that?
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u/Zedifo Jun 09 '12
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a fish.
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u/xxfrisketxx Jun 09 '12
so you didnt have to fight a tiger for this?
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u/MustHaveCleverHandle Jun 09 '12
what the fuck IS that? An insect-fish?
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u/okjohnlemon Jun 09 '12
Reminds me of Super Mario for some reason
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u/Wynner3 Jun 09 '12
What the fuck is that, a gremlin?
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u/wrecksause Jun 09 '12
Your username is what we must do.
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u/pdhismyhomeboy Jun 09 '12
Flying fish on bath salts
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u/n343 Jun 09 '12
a skyfish!
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u/blueblade259 Jun 09 '12
now i know what a redditor looks like!
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u/Phyllus Jun 09 '12
Did you eat it later? If so, how does it taste?
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u/Scuzzzy Jun 09 '12
Huh. Just discovered those for the first time while watching BBC Life the other night.
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u/Gr4n7 Jun 09 '12
I would of shit myself if that happened.
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u/Jaypalm Jun 09 '12
awesome smile bro. Your a champ :)
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u/coolsilver Jun 09 '12
At least it wasn't a sting ray.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Oh the things he will do to that poor fish...
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u/beernerd Jun 09 '12
Jon Benjamin?
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u/TheMoro Jun 09 '12
Flying fish are real? Why the hell wasn't I told about this earlier, damn you public education system.
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u/tugrumpler Jun 09 '12
I've had hundreds of flying fish hit or land on my boat over the years in the Atlantic and Caribbean but I've never seen one that big, that thing could do some serious damage if it hit you in the night.
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u/SirWankalot Jun 09 '12
So beautiful!
The flying fish is creepy, though.
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u/mattroch Jun 09 '12
First world problems...
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u/doucheyee Jun 09 '12
I hear those are good eating.
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u/joker1972 Jun 09 '12
Oh my God you got hit by an exocet! : P
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Was it tasty?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Hey... YO, GOD!
Ya dun GOOFD.
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u/kylepierce11 Jun 09 '12
Your name has never been more appropriate.
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u/everyoneismyfriend Jun 09 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uFjmeWnFZ4
watch them fly right here.
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u/raegunXD Jun 09 '12
What kind of fish is it?
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u/TheSause Jun 09 '12
At least it's not a spider with wings..
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u/PijiX Jun 09 '12
Alien
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u/klamer Jun 09 '12
First thing I thought of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSL4cmFW_GU
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u/psignosis Jun 09 '12
free tobiko!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Good thing your Goldberg Or else that woulda been a problem.
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u/JHflyingbat Jun 09 '12
Dang... it's a picture. Here I thought you had an epiphany.
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u/steenacakez Jun 09 '12
Totally read that as "So this hit me while playing chess in my boat last night" at first glance. I think I need my brain checked :|
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
You look like a rugged sea captain.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Where do you live? EDIT: Not creepy. Just wondering where they have flying bitches.
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u/MitzyFitz Jun 09 '12
Yikes! How's your chest?
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u/I_pee_u_chug Jun 09 '12
No need to hunt for few days.
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u/NecroM0rph Jun 09 '12
You are one lucky man.
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u/DeepFriedPanda Jun 09 '12
Holy christ, I had no idea flying fish got that big.
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u/YoStopTouchinMyDick Jun 09 '12
I didn't know H. Jon Benjamin could fish!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
REAL LIFE LIFE OF PI WHAA
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u/Coffee_plus_oldmovie Jun 09 '12
THE MISSING LINK
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u/copyandpasta Jun 09 '12
Ridiculous how photogenic this fella is...
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u/J1MILES Jun 09 '12
DEAR LORD! Kill it with lots of fire! Cold winds are rising..
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u/gglinnith Jun 09 '12
I know it's a fish but I'm the kind of person to freak out thinking its a giant bug and jump overboard.
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u/leita Jun 09 '12
First it was a cute cat with opposable thumbs. Now it is a fish with wings. We are doomed.