Talk:Goldfish swallowing

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A fad of the 1930s? I saw someone do it in the 2000s...--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 00:10, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've no doubt people are still doing it, but it was a fad in the 1930s and it is not a fad today. Dpbsmith (talk) 14:32, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

I remember reading a news story about a guy who died after trying to swallow a plecostomus instead of a goldfish. However, I've been unable to find that story archived on the internet. If anyone else can, maybe you can add it to the article? Plecostomus, unlike goldfish, have spiny fins which present a major choking hazard, but the poor guy probably didn't know that when he tried to swallow the pleco... Stonemason89 (talk) 14:01, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Certainly worth adding if anyone can find a reference for it. Dpbsmith (talk) 14:32, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

I remember the fad recurring in the 70s in high school. IIRC, some fool did it on TV and then several different high schools (at least in Phoenix, AZ) had copycats. It has also been shown in movies, and I think I'll add that to the article. --Eliyahu S Talk 21:52, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

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Animal cruelty?
Is this a case of animal cruelty? Does anyone know if gastric acids can hurt the fishes?--24.200.114.202 (talk) 04:55, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is animal cruelty, it disolve them alive. 90.178.8.161 (talk) 13:57, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

We're not here to judge what is cruel. But on a side not, it should be added into the article that in a "Jackass" skit (the tv show), Steve-O swallowed a live goldfish and forcibly regurgitated it back into the fish bowl alive and well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.199.44.251 (talk) 02:06, 19 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I beg to differ. As encyclopedists engaged in classification, we do need to make determinations and categorizations, including vis-á-vis "Cruelty." If it is, we CAT: it.  If it isn't, we don't. --Eliyahu S Talk 21:52, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Wolf of Wallstreet scene
There is a scene in The Wolf of Wallstreet where Jonah Hill's character swallows a gold fish owned by one of his employees. I believe there have been some news articles covering it along with other "controversial" actions in the movie. Would that scene belong in this page by chance? Workster (talk) 21:40, 29 June 2014 (UTC)