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Far away in the tropical waters of the Caribbean, two prawns were swimming around in the sea,
one called Justin and the other called Christian.  The prawns were constantly being harassed and
threatened by sharks that inhabited the area.

Finally one day Justin said to Christian, "I'm fed up  with being a prawn, I wish I was a shark, then
I wouldn't have any worries about being eaten."  A large mysterious cod appeared and said,
'Your wish is granted," and lo and behold, Justin turned into a shark. Horrified, Christian immediately
swam away, afraid of being eaten by his old mate.

Time passed (as it invariably does) and Justin found life as a shark boring and lonely. All his old mates
simply swam away whenever he came close to them. Justin didn't realise that his new menacing
appearance was the cause of his sad plight. While swimming alone one day he saw the mysterious cod
again and he thought perhaps the mysterious fish could change him back into a prawn. He approached
the cod and begged to be changed back, and, lo and behold, he found himself turned back into a prawn.

With tears of joy in his tiny little eyes Justin swam back to his friends and bought them all a cocktail.
(The punch line does not involve a prawn cocktail - it's much worse.) Looking around the gathering at the
reef he realised he couldn't see his old pal. 'Where's Christian?" he asked. "He's at home, still distraught that
his best friend changed sides to the enemy and became a shark", came the reply

Eager to put things right again and end the mutual pain and torture, he set off to Christian's abode. As he
opened the coral gate memories came flooding back. He banged on the door and shouted, "It's me, Justin,
your old friend, come out and see me again."

Christian replied, "No way man, you'll eat me. You're now a shark, the enemy, and I'll not be tricked into
being your dinner."

Justin cried back "No, I'm not. That was the old me. I've changed."................................



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'I've found Cod. I'm a prawn again Christian"

Groan.

I feel the sudden urge to go off and find other things to look at on the internet.

Possibly some prawnography.

Go search the archives...I KNOW that's been posted before....but it's a classic