“I was walking along the stream and saw a body in it.”
“You seem pretty calm about it.”
“It was the body of a catfish about the size of Julie Newmar.”
“Old Catwoman?”
“Yes… a catfish about the size of old Catwoman.”
“Okay… A catfish the size of Julie Newmar?”
“It swallowed an inner tube.”
“Inner tube?”
“The inner bladder of air that is filled to make tires not flat.”
“No, I meant it is surprising that a catfish the size of Julie Newmar swallowed a tire to death.”
“Inner tube.”
“What?”
“The catfish swallowed an inner tube to death, not a tire. I don’t think even Batwomanfish could swallow a tire.”
“But the inner tube was manageable.”
“Not all of it… not the part that was keeping Batfish afloat.”
“Yes, um… how…?”
“Popped a rubber aneurysm right out a gill. Batfish seemed to have died surprised.”
“Err…”
“Suspend disbelief.”
“So…?”
“That’s it, I saw a catfish the size of Julie Newmar that swallowed most of an inner tube from a tractor tire”
“There’s a…”
“Moral?”
“Yes.”
“Besides it’s unwise to swallow an inner tube?”
“Yes.”
“If you ARE going to swallow an inner tube… let the air out first.”
“Of course… the subtleties are important.”
“Halle?”
“Yes, Mr. Keaton?”
“You know when we met online and I told you that I’m a crime fighter and hero?”
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