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		NH man busted in Maine for 41 pounds of illegal baby eels, with an estimated street value of $82,000 (wgme.com)		49
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MrHappyRotter		2013-04-08 11:02:37 PM

If eels weren't so darned tasty things like this wouldn't happen -- slithering around with those delicious bodies, wiggling their meat around all up in my face.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener		2013-04-08 11:34:57 PM

If there's a silver lining for this thief, it's that time eels all wounds.

IgG4		2013-04-08 11:41:59 PM

Hovercrafts have been known to attract the attention of johnny law for this exact reason

SpikeStrip		2013-04-09 12:01:18 AM

what are the cops gonna do with the 35 pounds of eels valued at $70000?

Mr_Ectomy		2013-04-09 12:02:53 AM

Great, now I really want BBQ eel

AcesFull		2013-04-09 12:13:07 AM

He'll have to go with the."they planted them on me" defense...

SpikeStrip		2013-04-09 12:35:07 AM

AcesFull: He'll have to go with the."they planted them on me" defense...

unless he can conger up a better defense.

Farxist Marxist		2013-04-09 12:59:58 AM

Elvers from Lord of the Rings?

Farxist Marxist		2013-04-09 01:01:00 AM

Mr_Ectomy: Great, now I really want BBQ eel

Off to Best Korea BarBQ

Livingroom		2013-04-09 01:03:47 AM

SpikeStrip: AcesFull: He'll have to go with the."they planted them on me" defense...

unless he can conger up a better defense.

try "conjure," dude.

Elegy		2013-04-09 01:21:05 AM

Now all he needs is a couple of Japanese girls, and he's got a party!

log_jammin		2013-04-09 01:23:00 AM

IgG4: Hovercrafts have been known to attract the attention of johnny law for this exact reason

they see me floatin, they hatin...

LaChanz		2013-04-09 04:58:55 AM

Livingroom: SpikeStrip: AcesFull: He'll have to go with the."they planted them on me" defense...

unless he can conger up a better defense.

try "conjure," dude.

Look up. See that? That's the joke.

mamoru		2013-04-09 05:17:33 AM

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: If there's a silver lining for this thief, it's that time eels all wounds.

SpikeStrip: AcesFull: He'll have to go with the."they planted them on me" defense...

unless he can conger up a better defense.

Anago out on a limb here and and say that any moray these puns will make people angry. :-/

Yes this is dog		2013-04-09 06:04:04 AM

mamoru: Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: If there's a silver lining for this thief, it's that time eels all wounds.

SpikeStrip: AcesFull: He'll have to go with the."they planted them on me" defense...

unless he can conger up a better defense.

Anago out on a limb here and and say that any moray these puns will make people angry. :-/

Either angry or mackerel.

/I'm lousy with puns.

Quantum Apostrophe		2013-04-09 06:09:52 AM

MrHappyRotter: If eels weren't so darned tasty things like this wouldn't happen -- slithering around with those delicious bodies, wiggling their meat around all up in my face.

individual.utoronto.ca

The bacon of the sea.

Point02GPA		2013-04-09 06:10:53 AM

More like undocumented baby eels. No eel is illegal.

ybishop		2013-04-09 06:12:04 AM

Did he have to find himself a new giant to punch out 41 pounds of eel?

lostinthereflection.files.wordpress.com

LonMead		2013-04-09 06:22:20 AM

Eels?

My hovercraft is full of them.

lizaardvark		2013-04-09 06:23:27 AM

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em.

blueviking		2013-04-09 06:24:31 AM

Yes this is dog: mamoru: Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: If there's a silver lining for this thief, it's that time eels all wounds.

SpikeStrip: AcesFull: He'll have to go with the."they planted them on me" defense...

unless he can conger up a better defense.

Anago out on a limb here and and say that any moray these puns will make people angry. :-/

Either angry or mackerel.

/I'm lousy with puns.

You just have to look at it from a different angula....

abhorrent1		2013-04-09 06:27:26 AM

in what's being called the biggest case of illegal eel possession

Have cases of illegal eel possession often, do ya?

untaken_name		2013-04-09 06:30:56 AM

Man, those cops and their inflated street value. Urryone round here sells 'em two for fives.

Macular Degenerate		2013-04-09 06:34:58 AM

abhorrent1: in what's being called the biggest case of illegal eel possession

Have cases of illegal eel possession often, do ya?

"Eel Wars," now playing on the History Channel

Believe it or not, the elver dispute is a huge deal in Maine. The guv'nah and the tribal councils are squaring off over licensing and catch limits. It's all over the news up here.

Nuclear Monk		2013-04-09 06:42:58 AM

abhorrent1: in what's being called the biggest case of illegal eel possession

Have cases of illegal eel possession often, do ya?

Who do you call if someone you know is possessed by eels? Doesn't seem like this would be something handled by a Catholic priest.

untaken_name		2013-04-09 06:47:12 AM

Nuclear Monk: abhorrent1: in what's being called the biggest case of illegal eel possession

Have cases of illegal eel possession often, do ya?

Who do you call if someone you know is possessed by eels? Doesn't seem like this would be something handled by a Catholic priest.

Try your local Phô place.

yukichigai		2013-04-09 06:47:57 AM

If only he'd waited until they were 18....

Krymson Tyde		2013-04-09 07:06:46 AM

Livingroom: SpikeStrip: AcesFull: He'll have to go with the."they planted them on me" defense...

unless he can conger up a better defense.

try "conjure," dude.

Pet peeve?

abhorrent1		2013-04-09 07:10:18 AM

Krymson Tyde: Livingroom: SpikeStrip: AcesFull: He'll have to go with the."they planted them on me" defense...

unless he can conger up a better defense.

try "conjure," dude.

Pet peeve?

peave

INeedAName		2013-04-09 07:36:56 AM

SpikeStrip: what are the cops gonna do with the 35 pounds of eels valued at $70000?

I heard they were taking the 30lbs of eels (estimated value of $60k) to the local DNR who was going to put the $50k worth of eels into some holding tanks and ship the $30k worth of eels to Florida where authorities would release the $12K worth of eels back into the wild.

Harry Freakstorm		2013-04-09 07:47:16 AM

Was he taking them across state lines for immoral porpoises?

joewhite		2013-04-09 07:47:40 AM

so a single baby eel is worth 1,073 jars of Nutella?

Hoopy Frood		2013-04-09 07:59:39 AM

When you swim and you feel
Something nip at your heel,
That's a moray...

nekom		2013-04-09 08:02:20 AM

This is the kind of shiat that makes the Lacey act so scary. This kind of thing can go federal, did you know that? With regard to plants and animals, it is federally illegal to be unlawfully in possession of a plant or animal in violation of federal law... or any state law... or any Indian tribal law... OR any FOREIGN law.

I'm all for wildlife preservation, but this shiat is REALLY out of control.

Skarekrough		2013-04-09 08:08:49 AM

As a Striped Bass fisherman I keep on wanting to jump in and say something but you guys are having way too much fun for me to try and explain it.

Carry on. I enjoy the chuckle....

/will be singing "that's a moray" likely some late night in August on Joppa Flats

solitary		2013-04-09 08:12:36 AM

Eels up inside ya, findin an entrance where they can

Goodluckfox		2013-04-09 08:12:57 AM

2000 dollars a pound??? What, were these farking Ceti eels?

FlashHarry		2013-04-09 08:24:11 AM

i remember seeing gordon ramsay cooking live elvers over a fire in a mesh basket, and i thought that was rather cruel. cruel, but probably tasty.

THX 1138		2013-04-09 08:48:34 AM

"82 grand? Not bad, I guess."

Iblis824		2013-04-09 08:52:34 AM

"Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher says Parker faces up to a $2,000 fine if guilty. He says a bill now before the Legislature would make illegal possession of elvers a criminal offense, rather than a civil violation, to provide an added deterrent. "

SO.. 82,000 in potential sales vs 2000 dollars in fines... well, I can see that is quite the deterrent.

MythDragon		2013-04-09 09:37:23 AM

Want

ukexpat		2013-04-09 10:34:10 AM

Did his nipples explode with delight?

PapaChester		2013-04-09 10:43:22 AM

two grand a pound?

F teaching man, time to become an eel farmer.

Mach10		2013-04-09 12:16:26 PM

Eels do give a wicked rush when taken nasally.

Don Bigles		2013-04-09 01:52:31 PM

Was he driving a Kia Cee'd to prevent them from getting mixed up with sodium?

i.imgur.com

/pic related
//Clapton is an eel and sodium salesman
///hot, like sodium reacting with eels

untaken_name		2013-04-09 08:47:28 PM

Iblis824: "Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher says Parker faces up to a $2,000 fine if guilty. He says a bill now before the Legislature would make illegal possession of elvers a criminal offense, rather than a civil violation, to provide an added deterrent. "

SO.. 82,000 in potential sales vs 2000 dollars in fines... well, I can see that is quite the deterrent.

But that theory works SO WELL in the banking industry.

AcesFull		2013-04-09 09:41:05 PM

eel just say they were for personal use..

Macular Degenerate		2013-04-09 11:12:28 PM

The goods:

i.telegraph.co.uk

Weidermeijer		2013-04-10 09:50:12 AM

Goodluckfox: 2000 dollars a pound??? What, were these farking Ceti eels?

You know how cops are with their 'estimates'. Confiscate a pound of weed, with an estimated street value of a hundred-bajillion dollars.

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