One cutting edge aquarium saved a lot of money when its owner discovered a means to make the dolphins live forever.

Since the dolphins never died, no money needed to be spent on buying new ones.

Extending the dolphins’ lives required putting a special mixture into their food. One of the ingredients was baby sea gull meat. A zoo attendant was sent to the beach to find some. On the way back, baby sea gulls in hand, he had to pass through a forest.

In the middle of the path was a sleeping lion. He very carefully stepped over it, only to be handcuffed by a policeman.

“Officer,” he said.”What’s going on?”

“You’re under arrest,” said the policeman.

“But why?” he asked.

The policeman replied, “For transporting young gulls across sedate lions for immortal porpoises.

— Submitted by Don Barron, Worley

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