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...Village Idiot, 355 W. 14th St. between 8th and 9th Streets (989-7334): If you're too squeamish to slurp down your own goldfish at this rowdy honky-tonk, you can feed it to the snapping turtles in the tank...

Author: By Dorothy Parker, | Title: nyc | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

...from 24 countries. At least 20,000 tons of toothfish are illegally netted every year. Even more endangered is the CatDog, right. A federal judge ruled this Nabisco cracker--part of a Nickelodeon tie-in--cannot swim into stores because it looks too much like Pepperidge Farm's famous Goldfish. A Nabisco spokesman called the ruling "fishy." Deep, very deep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wildlife | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...Russians. The crew of Endeavour will try to attach a connecting passageway to that first piece. "When it happens it will be an engineering, logistical and administrative achievement," says Kluger, "but successfully constructing the station will be the same kind of achievement as sitting on a flagpole or swallowing goldfish." The space station program is eating up scarce space funding, and Kluger maintains the money would be better spent on unmanned space exploration and manned scientific missions beyond Earth's orbit, such as landing on Mars or returning to the Moon. Those liftoffs don't make great photo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endeavour Blasts Off on Second Try | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...impossible to live with. "They think of things that are fun and creative at the rate of about 10 per second," says Kern. "While you are trying to put out the fire they set toasting marshmallows on the stove, they are in the bathtub trying to see if goldfish will survive in hot water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Age Of Ritalin | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...next day proved to be equally eventful. After playing tackle football in the morning, seven of us drove to a toga party sponsored by Todd and Brian's fraternity chapter at Penn State. The party featured live goldfish to swallow, and brothers passing around "Gold Bond," a powder which both guys and girls rub on their crotches to obtain a tingling feeling. (Unfortunately, refusing to try it, I can't verify the experience...

Author: By Joshua J. Schanker, | Title: GOING GREEK | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

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