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Dead Whale, or Apologies to Paul Simon

shutz — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:48:48 +0000

When you get your dead whale, you’ll find it hard to move around.

You can try getting help from friends, or you can hire.
You can get a crane.
You can manipulate gravity fields.
You can use magic.
You can pray.

There must be fifty ways to heave your blubber.

shutz — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:58:42 +0000

The prints were confirmed authentic. Everyone handled the gun at one point or another.

Ballistics confirmed that that gun had shot them all. However, the gun itself had never been fired.

It was also proven that the drawer hadn’t been opened for fifty years.

The victims were all under fifty.