View Full Version : Irregular spelling of "pl*co"
NJ Devils Fan
12-14-2002, 11:19 PM
Do you actually believe in the story behind the irregular spelling of "pl*co" that if you spell it correctly your pleco will soon die.
Darkangel
12-14-2002, 11:51 PM
Kinda like walking under a ladder, stepping on a crack or any other myth or urban legend.
Serrateeth_2002
12-15-2002, 5:59 AM
My pleco died OMG,wait, my pl*co came back to life:D
NJ Devils Fan
12-15-2002, 7:07 PM
Yea, I kinda think its stupid.
polkadot
12-15-2002, 11:24 PM
Maybe it helps if the plecos always die on you.
wetmanNY
12-18-2002, 2:57 PM
With all our genuine superstitions to pick from, why does this cutsey c*nfection have such a long w*blife?
rather assanine, i think, but then again, i don't have a pleco.
AikidoGuy
12-19-2002, 9:25 AM
ahhhh but how do you pronounce the word pleco?
wetmanNY
12-20-2002, 6:49 AM
I guess that depends in turn on whether you say "PLEEK-uh-STO-mus" or --more correctly-- "Ple-COS-tuh-mus." From that you get either "Pleeko" or --more correctly-- "Plecko."
---Well, he asked!
Twilight
12-20-2002, 7:19 PM
This is the same thing as those whom believe that if you have "Organ Donor" placed on your license you will die soon and become one. Hey let's see if we can pass a fish rumor and see how long it takes before someone thinks it's stupid too.
I always typed out pleco, instead of pl*co and my pleco died! Of course he was about 4-5 years old at the time. :)
JamisonBWolsh
12-20-2002, 10:33 PM
and the life span for pl*cos are 10 years and longer.... My advice: dont spell pl*co!!!
If you say pleco, but you don't have a pleco...will someone else's pleco die?
Twilight
12-21-2002, 7:44 AM
I typed out pleco once on this site and it changed to pl*co before my very own eyes. Even my comp knows this urban legend. Or was it the ghost of a moderator?
tetraodon
12-23-2002, 12:05 AM
gcvt-good question. hmmm.... let me think who has a pleco...
Twilight- I like the idea of starting our own rumor. That'd be fun :D!
wetmanNY
12-24-2002, 3:07 AM
When I was in college,purely to gall the ugly United Fruit Company, (The expression "Banana Republic" used to have a negative connotation, children...) we decided to spread a rumor that if you dried the strings inside banana peels and smoked them, you'd get high. That would have been early December, 1965. We all talked it up over the Christmas holidays. It took about three months for the rumor to get back to me...
These things can be done...
Originally posted by wetmanNY
When I was in college,purely to gall the ugly United Fruit Company, (The expression "Banana Republic" used to have a negative connotation, children...) we decided to spread a rumor that if you dried the strings inside banana peels and smoked them, you'd get high. That would have been early December, 1965. We all talked it up over the Christmas holidays. It took about three months for the rumor to get back to me...
These things can be done...
Ah, so that's where that rumor came from! :D
I never tried it. No, I swear!
Sensei_the_dojo
12-24-2002, 12:23 PM
Originally posted by AikidoGuy
ahhhh but how do you pronounce the word pleco?
Pronouncing "pleco" is not the problem. How they heck does one pronounce "pl*co"? Is it plstarco or plasterisko? :confused:
Serrateeth_2002
12-26-2002, 7:48 AM
PLECO! Any plecos dead yet?
It would be useful if it was true like my pl*co grew too big,i spelled pleco and it is dead ready to be flushed.
Must4ng s4lly
03-10-2005, 12:44 PM
I though people spelled it like that so when one did a search, it would not pick up the word just in a list,only threads about plecs
Harlock
03-10-2005, 1:46 PM
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victimizati0n
03-11-2005, 7:45 AM
I though people spelled it like that so when one did a search, it would not pick up the word just in a list,only threads about plecs
i have no clue what you just thread.
since this thread is like 2 years old, i will still reply.
i think it is stupid when peiple are like my Pl*co or thatever they do.
it is just downright dumb.
daveedka
03-11-2005, 8:18 AM
Some days I'm not superstitious and some days I don't even think about it. MY pleco is doing fine and has been for quite a while. However I don't even notice anymore when people talk about their pl*co's. so I can't say it bothers me much.
dave
daveedka
03-11-2005, 8:21 AM
HA!!!! I just noticed I have Pl*co in my signature, I don't even remember doing that.
Dave
Maj0rFiSh
03-11-2005, 9:36 AM
What if you just say plec? will your pleco become a mighty powered pleco with special algae suction?
daveedka
03-11-2005, 11:43 AM
What if you just say plec? will your pleco become a mighty powered pleco with special algae suction?
I think you have to Say "Superpleco" three times while spinning in circles to get that to happen.
Dave
If you say pleco, but you don't have a pleco...will someone else's pleco die?
DAMMIT! YOU JUST KILLED MY..... ah forgett it, lol ;)
Nope. I don't believe it (well, mostly), but it's fun just the same. :soda:
Blinky
03-14-2005, 7:57 PM
I think superstitions are silly, but if it makes someone feel better to say pl*co it's fine with me. The only thing that drives me nuts is when people call them 'pelcos' :D
stop worrying about silly superstitions and go do a water change