Woman tries to smuggle 50 fish in her pants

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An Australian woman was found to be carrying 51 live tropical fish after custom officials were alerted by "flipping" noises coming from beneath her skirt as she arrived at Melbourne airport.

On closer inspection, officers discovered the woman had strapped on an apron of plastic water-filled bags containing the fish, the Australian Customs Service said.

"During the search, customs officers became suspicious after hearing 'flipping' noises coming from the vicinity of her waist," said the statement.

The 43-year-old woman arrived in Melbourne on a flight from Singapore last Friday. Customs are still trying to determine what type of fish she brought into the country and have not yet charged her with an offence.

She could face charges for breaking quarantine and customs laws for bringing in the fish without giving a declaration.

A search of the woman's home in Melbourne found another five fish.
 

Cristatus

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LOL

Two mistakes though: 51, not 50 fifty fishes, and it was down her skirt, not her pants :D
 

Sphexi

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Originally posted by: logic1485
LOL

Two mistakes though: 51, not 50 fifty fishes, and it was down her skirt, not her pants :D

One mistake though: fish, not fishes. Unless you want to sound like you're uneducated :D
 

Nitemare

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Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars
Oak tree you're in my way
There's too much coke and too much smoke
Look what's going on inside you
Ooooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
The smell of carp surrounds you
 

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Originally posted by: cherrytwist
fish ( P ) Pronunciation Key (fsh)
n. pl. fish or fish·es

"fishes" should be used for the plural if you're talking about different kinds of fish, even if you're aren't distinguishing the types. for instance, a book on identifying different kinds of fish can reasonably be called "identifying fishes". "fish" would be used in most other cases. in the context of the op, "fishes" makes sense unless she were smuggling one big bag of goldfish or something.