Some customers often come to visit our garden centre, as a Chinese saying goes:

"First time as strangers, second time knew each other, third time become friends." So these customers became my friends, some became good friends.

One time, there was a couple came to buy fish from me, the gentleman is a good fish keeper with much knowledge about fish, we talked about fish behaviour, colour, size, feeding and so on.

When I picked out the fish which were chosen by him from the pond and put them in a plastic bag, I always liked to show them to the customers. So when I showed the gold fish to them, the gentleman said.

"Nice!"

"Show your wife." I said.

"She is not my wife, she is my Mum."

"Ai… you have came here many times and I thought she is your wife, you are a couple." I looked at him and the lady astonishingly.

"Shut up!" The lady said to the gentleman

The gentleman laughter.

"Oh… I see! He made a joke."

This gentleman was so humorous. One other time, he bought some indoor fish from another member of our staff.

"How many male fish and female¹ fish should be ok to put together?" He asked.

"Normally², one male with two females³ are OK." The staff answered.

"Is it the same rule for humans? I hope so." He asked and answered by himself. I know he made a joke again.

That time his wife wasn’t with him, otherwise he would maybe get a beating or kicking from his angry wife!