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Not to carp, but Jamaica Pond isn't an overgrown goldfish bowl, so stop tossing koi in it

By adamg on Sun, 06/14/2020 - 11:39pm

According to posters in the Jamaica Pond Facebook group, there are now at least two koi in Jamaica Pond, one orange and one white, and that's not a good thing because they can grow fat and sassy, as they eat and uproot underwater plants and contribute to algae blooms through their waste.

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Comments

By onelith on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 6:18am.

What is needed now are alligators from the sewers to eat the giant goldfish!

By Old Groucho on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 7:16am.

And maybe a panther or two to keep those gators in check.

By Don't Panic on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 7:51am.

We just got one around there recently.

By erik g on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 8:21am.

When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 10:04am.

They just wait for the bus. The buses are heated.

By Refugee on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 9:56am.

And then end up in Lexington.

By perruptor on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 10:25am.

The "Lexington" link in that comment goes to a Wikipedia about Gerry Callahan; specifically, his joke about gorillas and METCO. Once again, Refugee displays his true nature.

By Refugee on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 6:22pm.

Guilty as charged... I admit that to the little voices in my head, irony counts for everything.

But seriously, one cannot hear a reference to a gorilla waiting at a bus stop in Boston without remembering that godawful joke.

By perruptor on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 7:02pm.

One can very easily refrain from giving an awful thing more exposure. That you didn't refrain says that you wanted to give it more exposure. There's no irony in that; it's just you.

By Irma la Douce on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 10:28am.

Do you keep these on file, for days when contemporary racism just isn't enough?

By Don't Panic on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 10:59am.

Ashmont or Mattapan @Refugee.
This stuff really happened but no driver opened the door. Poor gorilla got tranked.

METCO Gorillas!
When did that happen? 1st time I've heard it.

By A lucky Blue Heron on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 9:19am.

Nom nom nom

By adamg on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 9:37am.

Say the lucky cormorants.

By whyaduck on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 10:54am.

Aside from the racist crap, not sorry to see the show disappear. How many times can you review an about to topple over hamburger covered or stuffed with an egg, macaroni and cheese served in tiny cast iron skillets and restaurants with names where one does not know whether they are in a restaurant or hardware store?

By Don't Panic on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 11:02am.

Phantom Jamaicaway?

By BostonDog on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 11:12am.

Replace Phantom Gourmet with live feed of a koi pond.

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 1:42pm.

Food porn for fish eating birds.

By Parkwayne on Tue, 06/16/2020 - 10:52am.

Koi Pond Pondering

(it's (was?) a 90s adult alternative band, look it up kids)

By Glouster Fisherman on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 6:52pm.

Jamaica Pond is 68 acres and 53 feet deep. Those two Koi would need to get really fat and sassy to make any type of an impact in a body of water that large.

By adamg on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 10:53pm.

And what if one's a girl and the other's a boy koi?

By Tim Mc. on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 7:00pm.

there are two koi there, free to a good home.

By peter on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 10:40pm.

could not get a decent pic.

By mplo on Tue, 06/16/2020 - 10:09am.

n/t