big fish little fish
I used to hate going to nightclubs. The music was always pish, and the beer far too expensive. And dancing, I hated dancing. So if I was ever in a night club I would do big fish, little fish, cardboard box. Now this wasn't just for a couple of minutes. I would push my way in front of some pillock who thought they were a great dancer and stand stock still, staring straight ahead, just moving my arms: big fish, little fish, cardboard box, big fish,.. The trick was to slightly vary the timing to keep it in time with the music - very easy to do. Also you have to never be distracted. People will stare at you, poke you, dance along side you for a couple of minutes and try to distract you. I have managed to keep it up for hours.

Sometimes after about 30 mins of big fish, little fish, I would burst into a frenzied "walking like an octopus" or "watching two flies" then after about 30 seconds of that I would go back to my old favourite, big fish, little fish.

I remember once I cleared a busy dance floor using big fish, little fish by standing right in the middle for about 30 minutes, after another 10 minutes of empty dance floor I was kindly asked to leave by one of the staff.
(thrain, Wed 15 Apr 2009, 12:05, 3 replies)

I can personally vouch for this
It truly is a beautiful sight to watch from the edge of dancefloor. First people are a little shocked. Next they find it funny and, as thrain says, join in for a little bit. But finally the amount of time that he can maintain the dance for just creeps the fuck out of everyone.
( djtrialprice, Wed 15 Apr 2009, 14:00, closed)

Interesting
Ok, but WTF is "big fish, little fish", etc?
(danalan Pretty good, for an amateur., Thu 16 Apr 2009, 2:17, closed)

They are dance styles
"big fish, little fish" - various actions repeated:
Big fish - as if showing someone a large fish that you caught.
little fish - then a smaller one.
carboard box - action for closing a carboard box.

"Walking like an octopus" - you walk as you would expect an octopus to. - similar to the way Zoidberg walks around but with more waving.

"Chasing two flies" move arms around pointing with a finger on each hand as if following two imaginary flies. This can involve a fair amount of movement, and the flies settling on people's beer, or flying underneath you, etc.
(thrain, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 10:56, closed)