News just in!

Goldfish swept away by floodwater but survives. Wow! That'll be on Channel Ten news tonight no doubt.

How the hell does this stuff become news? I mean imagine the conversation between the Goldfish Owner and the News Desk at Local News Weekly...

News Desk 'Hi there, news desk.'
Goldfish Owner ' Hi, I've got a hot new breaking story for you'
ND ' Really? What is it?'
GO 'It's my Goldfish, it's a miracle!'
News Desk bloke starts to get exited, after all animal stories sell papers! Will certainly be of more interest to the residents of Small Town than that bloody Iraq war business or the forthcoming recission
ND ' Really? What happened?'
GO ' Well, you know we had that really big storm the other day'
ND ' Yes'
GO' Well, our pond got flooded and little Nemo, that's what we call him, got washed away'
ND, eyes lighting up at the prospect of a cute animal AND tragedy in the same story ' Oh no!'
GO' But then we found him alive 5 days later'
ND 'Wow! How did he survive?'
GO 'Well it seems he must have been carried by the water to a flooded roadside ditch and he stayed there till we found him'
ND ' So, let's get this straight. A goldfish stays alive by staying in water.'
GO 'Well, yes'
ND' Brilliant - HOLD THE FRONT PAGE!'
ND bloke phones Editor, 'Boy have I got a story for you'