Best story I’ve heard this year goes something like this:
A woman agrees to look after their brothers alsatian when they are on holiday – take it for a walk a day, bit of food etc. On the second day of the two weeks she finds the dog dead as stone on the kitchen floor.
She’s a bit stuck what to do, I mean what do you do in this situation?! She doesn’t feel responsible at all and knows that she’s not going to get the blame, just one of those things. Anyway she decides the best course of action is not to tell her brother as it will ruin their holiday, she’ll tell them when they get home.
She is still left with a large dead dog to deal with. Two weeks is far too long to keep it for some kind of family funeral in the back garden, does she put it in the chest freezer until they get back? she’s certainly not going to start digging up the back lawn herself, the wheelie bin can’t be right can it? Anyway she calls the vet and they tell her it’s fine for her to bring the dog in and they can deal with it, so all well and good.
So she gets a bin bag and puts the dog in it and ties it up well. She then finds a suitable sized case, one that the brother uses for traveling with business, the kind of effort with wheels and handle. Dog in bag in case, all good so far. Anyway she doesn’t drive and feels uncomfortable getting a taxi as they always try and put the case in the boot themselves. The easiest way is to just jump on the metro (tram in Manchester) two stops down and a short walk.
Wheeling a dead dog down the road feeling a bit uncomfortable with it all. Gets on board a very busy tram, standing room only. As she gets off the tram suddenly two scallies get off at the same time, grab the case a do a runner down the road, clearly thinking that they are making off with a laptop, etc. Lots of people offer to help and chase said scallies but she stops them on the basis of:
1. Her problem has been solved for the moment
2. The contents of the case may need explaining
3. Scallies thinking they’ve got a nice little steal and then finding a large dead dog instead.
Anyway, tram back home, and 12 days to think how to explain the missing dog and case to brother.