Fishy Fish Factory

For the past few months its trolling in Kerala, which means that the fishing boats can't go out into the sea for fishing. Now this means that all the fisheterians (hope I spelled it right) are going to find it hard getting what they want. Most of the fish that arrive in the market are not fresh and come from Tamil Nadu. And if you sell fish for a living then during these two or three months you can earn enough to build a brand new house.

Time to introduce my dad to you. This gentleman will stamp on the brakes the moment he passes a fish market. He knows the names and taste of each and every fish far better than any bio student. There have been times when he took me along with him to the Muscat fish market and I would leave the market carrying one king fish in each hand of my height. So you can imagine the rest. If you are still not convinced, once he packed fish from Kerala and took it to Muscat in his baggage, yes that's right he had fish and strangely customs at both places didn't stop him even once. Luckily my mom convinced him not to try such things ever again.

So this time while we were in India, one day we all go to the fish market in Kottarakkara. The instant we start exploring the days catch one guy from one corner shouts, 'Saar don't worry, catch is bad, I have your number, if something good comes I will let you know'. So my dad ends up giving his number to three of them. One day dad gets a call.'Saar, we have prawns today and kingfish, if you come fast its yours'. You can imagine the rest. Dad puts on a T-Shirt, takes an umbrella gets into his car and off he goes...

Probably in the near future you will have cool ads coming...

'Receive latest fish updates from your local fishmarket. Call 1234 and register,, Rs 30/month. Special discount for vodafone subscribers'

or

Calling 5678....
Hello.. welcome to Fishy Fish Factory..
Press 1 for fish updates press 2 for ordering... press 0 to talk to our fisherman executive
(press2)
press 1 for Karimeen press 2 for King fish press 3 for prawns press 4 for crabs (press 1)
Please enter your house number (40)
Please enter your credit card number (7689087677898993)

Total cost is 777/-
Service charge 10%
Delivery cost 5%
Special fish tax 15%
Grand Total 1101/-

Confirm Deal?
(y)

Thank you for ordering from Fishy Fish Factory. Looking forward to sell you more fish..
May you catch a big fish...

"Isn't it getting a little too fishy?"