hactually
to calm a carp down you have to stick your thumb in its mouth.


that looks like a very calm carp.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Fri 26 Jun 2009, 10:05, archived)

to calm a llama down, you have to get off with it
calm a llama down. calm a llama deep down in the ocean, blue like a barnacle... etc
( manolith hooray for me, Fri 26 Jun 2009, 10:06, archived)

Sitting in a tight place, laughing at a monkey, oh pulling like a china boy....

( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Fri 26 Jun 2009, 10:09, archived)

carroway, caroway, carroway
noise!
( manolith hooray for me, Fri 26 Jun 2009, 10:12, archived)

Boing tikka massala, boing tikka
EEEEEEEEEYO!
( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Fri 26 Jun 2009, 10:16, archived)

modern angling shuns that old practice, if the carp is played properly before being landed it should be calm on the bank anyway

( mongychops, Fri 26 Jun 2009, 10:15, archived)

Ahh I see

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Fri 26 Jun 2009, 10:24, archived)