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Old 11 March 2009, 08:33 AM
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Icon81 Pet store expects fish shipment, but gets corpse

Employees of a Pennsylvania pet store expecting a shipment of tropical fish and salt water got a man's dead body instead.

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It's a shame the fish died. I kinda would've liked to've seen the looks on the faces of the pet store employees though.
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I wonder if the pet store owner was reimbursed for the fish?
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I wonder if the pet store owner was reimbursed for the fish?
I think they got stiffed.

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I think they got stiffed.

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Ugh, that joke was DoA.

At least in this case we don't have a family wondering where grandpa is. I'm sure the research facility was annoyed though.
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Ugh, that joke was DoA.
It works better when the drummer does "ba-da-boom-tish" after it and the audience is already into the dessert wines.

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