fishy stripes...or stripey fish...

..."zippetydoodah, zippetyday, my oh my..eye.. what a wonderful day,
plenty of sunshine coming my way,
zippetydoodah, zippetyda..a..a..ay"...
sang marmaduke happily, as he inspected his swimmingly clean aquarium. He was struck by the thought that his swimmingly striped fish bore a remarkable resemblance to their former prison inmates, and maybe he should have dwelled a little longer on the fishiness of their stripes...