"When I picked this one up, I knew he was special," Patti Burke told Florida Today.

Fresh off an unsuccessful attempt to make circumcision illegal, San Francisco has turned elsewhere for its next attempted ban: Goldfish. The Animal Control and Welfare Commission would like to ban the sale of pets in the city, even goldfish. The proposed ban seems destined to fail a vote of the Board of Supervisors (just like the ACWC's recommendation to mix birth control with birdseed to reduce the pigeon population), but we appreciate that it was put forward in the first place, because "Isn't San Francisco Wacky, Man?" stories written by non-San Franciscans are among our favorites. [SFC]

Fisherman Raphael Biagini recently caught a 30-pound goldfish in the south of France. It weighs "the same as an average three-year-old girl" and looks about the size of a big dog. Now, he can sell it to a giant!