Word: goldfish
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...propose to go deeply into the heart, as it is called-that organ, which is so frequently maligned, did not interest me." In this book Author Wilde also describes his entrance to London, "this huge heap of Philistinism," as a young man: "I felt like a goldfish who was choked from devouring too much bread. ... It seemed a foolish thing to go on living in such a world...
...Aunt" was good for a new swimming pool, has kept right at it here and turns himself into a serving maid, as well as a butler, a cabby, and an ordinary idiot. At times he is very, very funny. For particular commendation is his interpretation of the name Goldfish, done by signs and aerobatics...
...Goldfish...
...goldfish? Thirty years or more. Yet, because of bad care, the average lifetime of a goldfish is only six weeks. Last week the American Railway Express Co., which handles thousands of goldfish every year, told people how to look after them...
...seems there were there, goldfish, named, curiously enough, One, Two, and Three, and there was also a silk handkerchief. The goldfish pass gaily down the esophagus of Mr. All, and at the word of command reappear, apparently quite delighted with their journey. The regurgitation of the silk handkerchief seems to prove that the goldfish are involuntary and not conniving actors...