The Incident Of The Stoneded Fish

First the setting:
We've been working for a week, and now our performance is less than optimal due to lack of sleep for four days in a row. Previously we had observed and filmed a stone fish on Pulau Hantu, and were still excited about it. Perhaps that is why what happened on this particular day happened...

We're working on Sentosa, and perhaps also hoping that we might find something exciting to help wake us up. The coffee that morning wasn't quite working.

There are four people filming. One manning the tripod/camera which weighed 13kg combined, two manning lights, and one spotter/hunter. Someone may want to correct me on the arrangement of people. It's been a while since this happened...

So there we are, filming something or other in knee deep water, then our dear,dear Kok Leong happens to see something move in the waves breaking nearby where we were. The call goes out,"Stonefish! Stonefish!"

So all four of us swing into action, lights go to surround it, tripod is moved closer to the target, camera is adjusted to focus on it, and all get ready to get down to work.

"It's not moving."
"Where is it? Can't see it on viewfinder...."
"Are you sure what you saw?"
"Where is it?"
"There! There!"
"Are you sure that's a stonefish?"
"Someone poke it."
"With what?"
"Your FINGER LAH!"
"YOU CRAZY IS IT?!??"
"I'm sure it is a stonefish!"

Finally, I let go of the camera to make sure, and kick the target with my bootie...
And it was....
....
....
....
A stone....

Hence the name stoneded fish....
Names of the rest of the participants unmentioned so that they don't die of embarassment.
I was behind that big fat camera....

The joke doesn't quite work on the screen I think....
Gets a better reception when there are people gathered round a table of drinks....