Katherine Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 9:32 PM, saphbettas said: You might be a nerm if you're in the aquatics section of the pet store, see some customers browsing, and have to exert all your power to withhold the knowledge you wish you could dump on them! This is my husband in electronics sections, though he doesn't bother to hold back. If he sees someone confused, or hears the employee giving bad advice he jumps right in. He makes so many sales for stores he doesn't work at. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 6:45 PM, PineSong said: Reminds me of my friend whose son was in college when he learned that many people use irons for something other than this craft: As for my NERM status: you might be a NERM if you find duckweed in your bed and in your coffee in the same day, and no longer react to either. Yeah, I might be a Nerm.... On 6/18/2022 at 7:17 AM, Katherine said: This is my husband in electronics sections, though he doesn't bother to hold back. If he sees someone confused, or hears the employee giving bad advice he jumps right in. He makes so many sales for stores he doesn't work at. I may be the Nerm version of that....🧐😅🤣 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Driving by a drainage culvert that normally holds shallow water today I mused, “I wonder how tall those plants get. Think I could use them in my summer tub?” My wife said, “You’re such a NERM!” Only she did not say “NERM” 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintoppufferkeeper Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 You might be a NERM if you stumble across anything and your first thought is I bet that would make a great (anything) for or as a tank or pond: dog pool pond Polycarbonate soup containers now tanks. from resturant supply store and sitting on resturant dry storage shelving 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gumby Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 7:50 AM, Torrey said: I'm ORD 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Except for @Ken Burke on accidentally squishing corydora eggs😢 It's hard when we are trying to do the right thing and it still goes south. FUBAR gets a whole new meaning when fish are involved.... You might be a Nerm when you identify with everything on this page. You might be a Nerm when you spend two different dinners talking about the implications of Reverse Respiration™ with the Patient Spouse™ who is considering withdrawing their Reluctant Nerm™ status if I keep talking about lysed cells and osmotic pressure🤣, but hasn't yet because I have stuck to the agrrement not to discuss anything that involves words like "wriggling", "worms", "holes" or "squiggles" You might be a Nerm married to a non-Nerm when these things were negotiated with the same passion some couples reserve for prenups.😅 You might be a Nerm when favorite memories of past travels don't start with foods, locations, or people, but with cenotes, streams, rivers and the plants and fish found in the water sources. You might be a Nerm when your reward for writing the 10,000 words today, and completing all my meetings is to hang out in the forum with all my fellow Nerms before I go to bed! Having a veterinary nurse for a partner who is only interested in fur and feathers means I can relate to the 'patient spouse ' a lot 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 On 6/18/2022 at 4:27 PM, Mr Gumby said: Having a veterinary nurse for a partner who is only interested in fur and feathers means I can relate to the 'patient spouse ' a lot 😁 Lol!!! On 6/18/2022 at 4:23 PM, mountaintoppufferkeeper said: You might be a NERM if you stumble across anything and your first thought is I bet that would make a great (anything) for or as a tank or pond: dog pool pond Polycarbonate soup containers now tanks. from resturant supply store and sitting on resturant dry storage shelving Guilty as charged: 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gumby Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) You might be a nerm when you get these as father's day gifts Edited June 19, 2022 by Mr Gumby 5 4 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeganKeepsFish Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 I accompanied my buddy to the local store he had to pick some stuff up at. I was absolutely no help to him because the store had an in-counter tank with a couple different colored dwarf gourami's which were definitely not as cool to him as they were to me. Also the lady behind the counters only response to my 7 minute rant about the fish tank was " oh cool, I pretty much just feed them but that's good to know...". Over all fun run to the store. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 @Mr Gumby I. Want. That. Shirt! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gumby Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 On 6/19/2022 at 11:11 PM, Ken Burke said: @Mr Gumby I. Want. That. Shirt! I have to say it put a big smile on my face 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its Hutch Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Uh ya can we get a link to that shirt by chance because I need it in every color. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILikeFish Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 11:37 AM, BigJ said: You might be a NERM if you go fishing with a coworker and are more exited about the possibility of finding drift wood than catching fish. Had the opportunity to go fishing with a FLW bass fishing pro, we spent more time talking about mosquito fish than bass. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lots Of Loaches Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/19/2022 at 6:45 AM, Mr Gumby said: You might be a nerm when you get these as father's day gifts I need this shirt for my wife!!!! She is obsessed with fish after only a couple years! Our floors can't support all the tanks she wants! MTS has taken hold on her! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 You might be a Nerm when your kids say, “Dad no FishTube videos!” You might be a Nerm when you convince your wife to watch Fish For Thought and get her hooked. You might be a Nerm when your wife has worked in Fishroom into the discussions about buying a new home. You might be a Nerm when your wife is always setting boundaries on your fish keeping- no more tanks, no more fish, no more plants- and you dream up technicalities to beat the system. You might be a Nerm when you’ve found a way to put an aquarium in every room in the house. You might be a Nerm when your neighbors first reaction to hearing that your moving is “How are you going to move your fish room?” 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 You might be a Nerm when everyone sends links that are in some way, shape or form related to healthy aquatic ecosystems: “A recent study has shown that for thousands of years, in sites around the world, Indigenous peoples were sustainably harvesting large quantities of oysters. Researchers believe this could inform modern-day fisheries about how to harvest large amounts of food without harming ecosystems. "People were harvesting just a massive amount of oysters. Some of these sites have over a billion oysters, and many have over tens of millions of oysters in them," said Torben Rick, a curator of North American archeology with Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.” 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Look what showed up today! 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 You might be a nerm if…your neighbor while mowing his lawn takes time to walk over say “hi”. Hey do you mind me asking why there are often multiple hoses running out of your windows? I’ve seen it for years but I’m just very curious” 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its Hutch Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 You might be a nerm if you have started negotiating space in others houses to set them up an aquarium just so you can feel like you have another tank. Someone please help! My MTS is out of control. 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 On 6/22/2022 at 7:01 PM, Its Hutch said: You might be a nerm if you have started negotiating space in others houses to set them up an aquarium just so you can feel like you have another tank. Someone please help! My MTS is out of control. You might be a Nerm if you post on several different fish groups "Do you want to be a part of a breeding project" because there's no space to responsibly breed with suffficient genetics a pure strain of (originally) wild fish, while responsibly culling😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Mollusk Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) On 6/16/2022 at 10:01 PM, Fish Folk said: You might be a NERM if... Your flowerbeds are a weed-filled disaster, but your aquariums are immaculately cared for Same. I can't keep anything green alive outside an aquarium. 🙈 And, you might be a NERM if..... you wouldn't bat an eye at somebody saying they had to pick up some cyanoacrylate for their epiphytes. Edited June 23, 2022 by DarthMollusk 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 You might be a NERM if you take a job that you now have an office, and one of first thing you ask boss is if they mind that you put a fish tank in your office. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 5:11 AM, Andy's Fish Den said: You might be a NERM if you take a job that you now have an office, and one of first thing you ask boss is if they mind that you put a fish tank in your office. Been there, done that. Still have the tank and hood. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 You might be a nerm if, when a mosquito bites you, your reaction is “Oh good, maybe she’ll lay eggs in the fish tub!” You might be a nerm if your husband puts a dirty 10g tank on the counter right in front of the fridge in an attempt to get you to clean it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Whenever someone posts a new thread like this, I enjoy linking to old ones because they’re just so fun to read 😁 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Blue Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 You might be a NERM if your kids summer camp is having "aquarium" day and you want to tell the camp leader to step aside so you can drop the real knowledge on those kiddos. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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