I was browsing through the Seven Days classified ads for the NOW newsletter ad of the week, and I came across this one advertising a free fish that made me laugh out loud.

Free Live Fish!

 

Free 12 inch Oscar to a good home, or a bad home,whatever, as long as you have a home for it just take it home with you.Thats right!! A Fish! And it’s free too! No money down. No credit? BadCredit? Come and get it! You can find it at The Outdoor Gear Exchangein sunny downtown Burlington. Bring a bucket or a bag, just don’t planon sticking it in your pocket cause it bites. There is only one so actfast.

Seven Days’ deputy publisher and co-owner Cathy Resmer is a writer, editor and advocate for local journalism. She works in the paper’s Burlington office and lives vicariously through the reporters while raising money to pay them. Cathy started at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001 and still has the Rolodex to prove it. As the paper’s first online editor, she launched Seven Days email newsletters and started the paper’s first social media accounts. Cathy has overseen Kids VT, Vermont’s...