There's a starfish in our garden this morning...

[Ronaldinhio]

AIBU to wonder if it might be the end of the world?

one of it's points is a bit white the rest of him is orange

there is another one further down the garden

wtf is going on?

sure it isn't from the children next door's fish tank thingy

do they have starfish on Brighton beach?

dog is also frightened

Was it very windy and high water last ngiht?
My mum used to get crabs (in her garden, natch) and seaweed when she lived 50m back from beach, and there was a row of houses in between, so a starfish not to muc of a stretch.

If it's going white you haven't got much time though.....stick it in a plastic bag, fuck it, declare loudly that it is a 'special' bag just in case it's an alien, but what would it know about tesco vs kwiksave?!

husband and children are off to the beach with the aliens starfish

i grew up in the country with none of these schnannigans
crabs, seaweed...what next an octopus?

blardy seaside

Yes, It goes tadpoles, starfish, octopus, beached whale, kraken.

this had made me laugh.

Can you upload a picture of it in your garden ?

oh sorry too late already on its way back to Mother Ship beach .

oh sod it hypens dont work !!

Sorry, and the other route is
seaweed, crabs, fish, dolphins, fishing trawler.

you have to do each word separately, Cap'nUnderpants.

Ronaldinhio, am pmsl at this - hope there isn't a dead seagull somewhere further down your garden, who dropped the starfish midflight! And if you should get any more, of course the correct container in which to transport them is a seaside bucket!

Have you poked it? Does it move?

do they move anyway??

how weird and sweet this is all is

did you shout patrick really loudly in its ear??
might have got it talking

or dress like spongebob and offer it a jellyfishing net?

the girls and husband released them into the sea

dd1 says that the starfish said

"Thank you cousin dd1'sname" when they put it in the sea

I asked what the other one said and she said

"nothing"

"did you shout patrick really loudly in its ear??"

Hahahahaa!

This thread is hilarious lol

this has given me a very good laugh on a sunday morning after a bad night being poorly!!

Thanks!!

"If it's going white you haven't got much time though.....stick it in a plastic bag, fuck it, declare loudly that it is a 'special' bag just in case it's an alien,"

JackBaueretc - is that 'fuck it' just an expletive, or your normal procedure when repatriating aliens starfish....?

Ron no not my xmas name. Tis my saturday evening wine and nibbles name. Haven't thought of a xmas name yet. You could be something to do with a robin...

good point Rusty

my dh has just come to me and siad in all seriousness

"I don't mean to alarm you but the starfish are back in the garden"

like a fool I went to look....

I think you should be RonaldTheRedNosedInho!

I didn;t mean fuck it fuck it, I meant, fuck it as in don't bother.

I do not abuse sea creatures or aliens.

As long as it's not a chocolate one, should be fine.

This thread is funny

I want to know HOW it got there

freak wave perhaps?

Or maybe starfish can fly?

The nation needs to know - because if it cant be explained it must have been a UFO

what if there are more tomorrow? slightly closer to the house??

I would lock doors and windows tightly tonight

They might be evolving......today your back garden, tomorrow the world!!! (or the back garden after yours who knows they are an unknown in world domination...)

We found a starfish in the car last year. I am assuming the dog put it there after a walk on the beach (ie the dog had been out for a walk, not that the dog was escorting the starfish down the promenade or anything). But now I'm not so sure. It might have been the start of something very weird.