2PM Goldfish racing?

A bar in Tacoma, WA recently caved to the radical animal rights group, PETA, who complained that the weekly goldfish-racing they held was an unacceptable hardship on the fish. On Tuesdays, Bar patrons would place goldfish in an 8-foot trough of water and then use water pistols to scare the fish into swimming to the other end faster than the other guy. The owner of the bar said the event was “really, really popular,” but PETA says the, “loud noises and bright lights” terrify the goldfish. One great irony of this story is that they bar was using “feeder fish” that are normally bought to be fed to other fish, so in a sense, they were actually practicing a form of animal liberation.

But in a sudden resurgence of creativity and general fun, the bar reintroduced the races this last week, only now patrons blow onto the water with straws rather than blasting at the fish with squirt guns. I don’t know whether this terrifies the fish any less, but I know I really wish I lived in Tacoma for at least one Tuesday. Then again, I found a local bar that does this right here in Phoenix!