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Old 5th Oct 2001, 21:22
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Flatus Veteranus
 
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Talking

Nav enters crew room and spies pilot sitting in front of goldfish bowl, staring intently at the occupant. A while later the Sqn goldfish swims over to the edge of the bowl and gazes at pilot, its mouth opened and closed, opened and closed, opened and closed...
Another while later, the goldfish starts to do aerobatics in the bowl. Marvellous display: loops, rolls, lazy 8s, Immelmans, the whole 9 yds. Nav is astonished and asks pilot how it is done.

"Simple. Just concentrate hard. Its the power of a greater mind over a lesser".

"Can I have a go?"

"Sure. Be my guest".

Nav sits in front of bowl and concentrates hard, with big frown. Goldfish ignores him at first, and then swims lazily towards Nav, confronts him and stares, and stares, and stares. Nothing happened at first. And then, after a while, the Navs mouth opened and closed, opened and closed, opened and closed....
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