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A leatherback turtle for a leathered interior mercedes? Sounds like a good deal to me...
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | May 26, 2005 at 10:40 AM
"When you have a fish this old, this heavy, that has lived in zero gravity its whole life, it just won't tolerate a lot of handling."
The exact same reason my wife won't give me sex.
Sabu
Posted by: Sabu The Coconut Boy | May 26, 2005 at 10:49 AM
Oops. Wrong giant aquatic creature.
Posted by: Sabu The Coconut Boy | May 26, 2005 at 10:52 AM
Almost the right thread, Sabu. Good try...
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | May 26, 2005 at 10:52 AM
"Xhemali said he was immediately approached by an Italian fish trader"
Why are there Italian fish traders lurking near the shores of Albanian seas?
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | May 26, 2005 at 10:56 AM
"..reconsidered when offered a "nearly new" Mercedes"
The exact same reason my wife gave me sex last night.
Sabu
Posted by: Sabu The Coconut Boy | May 26, 2005 at 10:59 AM
I think the real reason he gave up the turtle was simply because he likes enraging biologists.
I know I do...
Posted by: Schadeboy | May 26, 2005 at 11:08 AM
Why didn't he just take it to the local Sea Turtle-Mercedes Exchange Bank? You give them a turtle, they give you a Mercedes. And vice-versa.
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | May 26, 2005 at 11:12 AM
Woo-hoo, a shout out! Thanks, judi.
Anyway, I thought about this a little more and I think I'd rather have the car, too, really. I mean, what would anyone even do with a 1-ton turtle? Drive to work? Teach it to fly? Hunt for large rabbits to race against, and win?
Posted by: Master Chief | May 26, 2005 at 11:18 AM
gives whole new meaning to E-BAY, bwaahaa. actually, look on a map, you'll see where albany....wait. oh, albania. i live in albany. i thought, well never mind.
that would explain "Hysni Xhemali" the vowel-challenged name mentioned.
Posted by: queensbee | May 26, 2005 at 11:38 AM
I wonder if this is the same turtle that hides under a bridge in the Florida Keys and attacks scuba divers...
Posted by: Aunt Nancy | May 26, 2005 at 11:41 AM
What am I offered for my son's African Frog?
Anybody?
Posted by: jamester | May 26, 2005 at 11:41 AM
An endangered leatherback turtle ought to get you at least a diesel. Anything 1995 or newer requires a live sixth-grader-sized catfish. You want A/C and new tires, forget it, man, it's Paris Hilton.
Posted by: D'Artagnan | May 26, 2005 at 11:44 AM
Except as a deal 'tween friendses
You shouldn't trade tutrles for Benzes
And, no, it's not legal
To swap a bald eagle
For the latest new clothes from Lands Endses!
Posted by: insomniac | May 26, 2005 at 01:08 PM
Nice one, Insomniac.
Mind if I try too?
"If you're fishing for cod in Tirana,
And you swear you just hooked a piano,
Don't throw it back
That's a rare Leatherback!
Trade it in for an S-Class Sedan-a"
Sabu
Posted by: Sabu The Coconut Boy | May 26, 2005 at 01:53 PM
Haikus vs. Lymrics . . ?
What's that turtle worth,
So unique and gigantic?
Will this used Benz do?
Posted by: Master Chief | May 26, 2005 at 02:41 PM
That's awesome, Chief!
I am at complete serenity now.
Posted by: Sabu The Cocononut Boy | May 26, 2005 at 02:55 PM
...Except that last line should probalby 'use the force' a little more, and be like "This used Benz WILL do." ;-)
Posted by: Master Chief | May 26, 2005 at 02:58 PM
"Dermochelys coriacea" is what you get when you swim in Butrint and can be successfully treated by penicillin.
Those crazy Greeks...
Posted by: Robert | May 26, 2005 at 03:09 PM
are you people not paying attention!
the turtle Eats Jellyfish!!
put em baack
put em baack.
Posted by: good grief! | May 26, 2005 at 03:27 PM