Dark side of fame:Orangejello-haters are among us!

Among the smiling faces and cheering throngs on Friday lurked a meaner, uglier kind of fish-watcher -- the Orangejello-haters.

"Who wants to bet he gets eaten in the first minute," said one Orangejello hater minutes before the tiny fish's release.

Another fish-hater laughed at the comment and added, "Let's catch him and take him to a sushi restaurant."

Such sentiments have always been out there in the blogosphere, but now that the little fish is free of his protective crib, the barbs and attacks seem to have increased.

"Am I surprised by it? No," said Orangejello's keeper, Corey Smith. "Disappointed, yes. Disgusted, of course. I mean, what kind of person would wish harm on a little fish? Sickos. Wackos. PPC people."

Orangejello-haters tend to keep fairly quiet as they are the clear minority in an office that overwhelmingly has fallen under the spell of a certain orange fish and his on-going adventures.