OMG! One of my nightmares is for sale!

[mutepointe]

What kind of evil would cause such a thing? One of my disturbing nightmares is that the fish get out of the aquarium and just start swimming around the room. And it's annoying because not only do I wonder why they're not dying, I wonder exactly what is going on.

Here's a link to the video of the remote control helium fish.
Click if you dare
It more distrubing than the pictures. What makes me worry is that people who know I like fish will think this will be a great gift idea for me. It is not.

[Innocent Bystander]

C'mon, Mute, you're a man. ANYTHING would make a suitable gift for you. Just smile politely and thank them, and put it in the cupboard with the others.

[mutepointe]

There are already other fish in my cupboards! Where are they now? What if they bump my head while I'm watching TV?

[Innocent Bystander]

Okay, then, you only need to take it outside for a walk. Oooo, look at it go! ...gone.
That's pretty ephemeral for a gift. How long does a helium balloon last? Two weeks? A Month? Then you have a remote-control scrap of silvery fabric. Mmm. The gift that goes on giving.
There must be a market in the kind of gift for men that, for instance, they can set fire to and not have to find storage space for. A dry-straw sculpture of their least favourite politician, or their least favourite relative, if the wife can tolerate it. Sundown on Christmas day, take it out to the yard and watch it burn. Yay! Result.

[Nanohedron]

Oh, I definitely want one of those. I'll take the clownfish, please. Marvelous. And I could chase my cat with it.

[MTGuru]

I could chase my cat with it.

I don't know, Nano. Cats and thin-skinned helium-filled anything don't sound like a good combination. Try one of those miniature RC helicopters. They make me want to crawl inside a paper bag.

[dwest]

There use to be a Mylar helium balloon one could get called a Space Pet. It had a series of small square cardboard weights on one side that kept the balloon floating on it's side and at neutral buoyancy as long as you removed weight as it lost helium. It would just float around the house responding to air currents. It would often follow people from room to room and of course it would change elevation with temperature changes in the room. Our cats were bonkers over it and hunted it all day, it usually lasted about two months.

[kokopelli]

I could chase my cat with it.

I don't know, Nano. Cats and thin-skinned helium-filled anything don't sound like a good combination. Try one of those miniature RC helicopters. They make me want to crawl inside a paper bag.

I had one of those remote controlled helicopters. The dogs were terrified of it but the cat tried to catch the thing and eat it.

[fearfaoin]

What kind of evil would cause such a thing?

What? It's the greatest thing ever!

Whatever you do, don't watch the last
Doctor Who Christmas special. It revolved
heavily around fish that swam in air. Father
Christmas' sleigh was pulled by a shark.

That's pretty ephemeral for a gift. How long does a helium balloon last? Two weeks? A Month? Then you have a remote-control scrap of silvery fabric. Mmm. The gift that goes on giving.

It may astound you, but they actually put
helium in tanks now! So when the fish gets
low, you can top it off.
Reusable remote controlled blimps have
been around awhile. Someone just took it
to a more creative level.

[dwest]

What kind of evil would cause such a thing? One of my disturbing nightmares is that the fish get out of the aquarium and just start swimming around the room.

There are worse evils:

[fearfaoin]

They left room for sponsorship? That is evil.
"Pepsi presents: your squirrelly doom(TM)"

[Nanohedron]

It's the greatest thing ever!

It's up there, anyway. Imagine it's after closing time, and someone stumbling by your place glances into the window and sees one of those fish swimming past. Yeah.

[mutepointe]

Squirrels are cute. Putting a rat or a snake in that harnass would cause world upheavel. Not to mention getting PETA all flustered.

[Denny]

squirrels aren't tree rats?

[dwest]

squirrels aren't tree rats?

Isn't that house cats? I don't know they all look alike.