After Customs, I go to the US post office. In Canada, it's illegal to
ship water, which cuts the fish possibilities a lot. I always say my
fish are plants, and pack the box so it'd take a bullet hole to make it
leak (and we have nominal gun control)and so the swishing is muffled.
When I ship in the US, it's hard to write 'live fish' on a box. It's too
honest.
The last time I tried, the woman at the counter picked up the box and
said "hey, these are fish!"
I confessed.
She said "Well dear, please write it on the box so we'll know to care of
them. They're living things."
She pulled out a marker and covered the whole thing with "Live fish",
then drew a fish on the side.
So gang, it's not all bad out there.
-Gary
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