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Thursday, May 17, 2012

The Legendary One Pound Fish Man

"Muhammad Shahid Nazir works on a fish stall in Queen’s Market, near to the Olympic Stadium.

More than 1m views on the video sharing site show people love his tune, “come on ladies, come on ladies, one pound fish… Have a have a look, one pound fish.”

He is now in talks with a record label and has also auditioned for the up-coming X factor 2012.

“I feel very good and can’t believe everyone is singing the song,” said Mr Nazir. “It’s become famous.

“People want my autograph and they take photographs as well as make videos of me.”

“West Ham football supporters often stop here and tell me they’ve come to hear me sing as well as watch the match.

“Once a head teacher told me that his whole school is singing the one pound fish song.

“I’d been doing the job for just a week before I decided to sing the song which I made up myself. I soon realised it got people’s attention and drew them to the stall to buy fish.”

“My mother prays for me and encourages me to pursue my dream of becoming a singer. Singing has always been my childhood hobby and I want to make a career out of it,” Mr Nazir told BBC.

Hat tip London24

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

[CARTOON] Fin Film

Cartoon about pun, fish, movie, DeepThoughts,

Thursday, March 10, 2011

[CARTOON] Souls for Sale

Cartoon image of Johnny Ancich. Creator of Past Expiry Cartoon.

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Saturday, May 22, 2010

[CARTOON] new BP Oil logo

Thought I'd try something a bit different. The result is my first animated cartoon. For those that may of been living under a rock lately: The Gulf oil spill disaster started when a BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Killing eleven workers, the explosion also left oil leaking from a drill hole over a mile below the surface. With an estimated 200,000 gallons leaking per day (since April 20th), efforts to stop the oil spill have to date failed. Dead fish anyone?

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

[CARTOON] Fish Food

"This cartoon was inspired by my first pets: goldfish. George the 1st, George the 2nd, George the 3rd, George the 4th, and George the 5th."

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Benson the Great Carp

Benson, the Great Carp

Benson, the Great Carp who died in a gravel pit in Cambridge has been described on Newsnight as "The People’s Fish" probably because, like Diana, she had been hooked by many! More surprising than this according to the BBC Benson was a girl (how do they tell, did she have better scales?) So here goes my euphonium "She was the People's fish and truly the people loved her ........" - Better stop now before there is a carping ofishal complaint!!

Anglers are mourning the death of what is believed to be Britain's biggest common carp. Nicknamed Benson, the carp swam in the Bluebell Lakes at Oundle, near Peterborough, but was found floating on the surface poisoned by uncooked nuts. He was introduced into the lakes in 1995, and at the time of his death weighed 64lb (29kg), was aged between 20 and 25 and had been caught 63 times. Now, and it is a chilling thought, Benson is lying in a deep freeze waiting to be put on display.

Tony Bridgefoot, owner of Bluebell Lakes on the Cambridgeshire/Northamptonshire border, told BBC News that he thought the fact anglers did not have to join an expensive fishing syndicate but could fish on a day ticket meant the carp was accessible to everyone, making Benson "the people's fish".

"They sort of adopted it and took it to their hearts, and if you were lucky enough to catch the fish or even see the fish it was perfectly clear what a beautiful creature it was. Some people would catch it within two or three days of fishing here and I've had some people who've spent five, six, seven years just to try and catch that one fish." Mr Bridgefoot believes Benson was poisoned by uncooked nuts, which are toxic to fish. "Our suspicions arose when we found some uncooked nuts in the margins and we found some uncooked nuts in the skips that we use. Consequently we're very suspicious that some uncooked bait may have gone in the water. Benson may have picked them up and in that case they would swell up inside the fish. The outcome is catastrophic."

One final question?

Is it me or are all anglers’ nuts?