thoughtcrumbs

At the National Aquarium in Baltimore, three French tourists were standing behind me. We were looking at a group of fish from California, who, according to the sign, are born female, and switch to male at age eight. One guy translated the sign to French for his friends. Here's what he said (translated back to English): "All the little fisheez are born girls. But then, at the age of eight, they swim en masse to Sweden, where they all have a little operation. And then they swim back as boys."