I think I was at a
Chili's or some
chain restaurant with a friend/co-worker/cool-guy back when I was working for this
company where we went out to
dinner every single
night (we were
consultants--that's what you do). We were sitting there and I really wanted a
beer. So the
waitress brings us some
beers in these big
glasses and I said, "I'll be damned if this glass isn't as big as a
fishtank!" And then she tells us that they put
Swedish fish in some of their
margaritas and points to the Chili's margarita menu thingy. And I was like "THAT ROCKS! I WANT A FISH TOO!" So she brought us over a plate of
Swedish fish which I promptly dropped into my
glass. The
fish, that is. The
plate wouldn't fit in my
glass. She was like 19 or something. My co-worker got her phone number.
Despite not getting a phone number, I discovered the following things during that experience:
- Swedish fish get very very hard and tough to chew when placed in a cold beer for a prolonged period of time.
- Swedish fish taste much better basted in beer.
- Beer tastes better with little Swedish fish.
- No one gets mad at you for putting Swedish fish in your beer because Swedish fish aren't alive. They're just candy fish.