Dead Dog on the Tube

On the radio today, I heard a DJ interviewing one of the finalists in a "Gigantic Mistakes" competition and a young woman shared her Gigantic Mistake.

She was house-sitting in London some time ago, taking care of the single, childless home-owner's very, very, very precious dog at the same time. As luck would have it, the dog died. Bad news. Not knowing what to do with the body, she called a vet and was told she could bring the body in and they would dispose of it.

Well. As she had no car and no spare money for a cab, she opted to use the tube. Next problem was how to carry a dead dog (a Staffie!) on the tube without either contravening some health regulation or grossing out all the other travellers! So, she stuck the dog in a suitcase.

Lugging the Dog-in-a-Case through the Central London underground proved exhausting as the Staffie was pretty heavy. So she was quite relieved when a young man offered to help her, but he soon wanted to know what was in her bag that was making it so heavy. Not wanting to admit to carrying around a dead dog, she said she was moving house and the case was full of clothes, books, CDs etc .

Big mistake!

The next thing she knew, the young man had disappeared along with her Dog-in-a-Case!

The hardest part was telling the bereaved homeowner what had happened and why it wasn't going to be possible for her to view the remains of her beloved pet...

Bummer! I wonder how the thief felt when he opened up the case and found the Corpse .....