The moment the game warden disappeared around the bend in the trail, the three blondes burst into uncontrollable laughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not polite laughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not quiet chuckles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The kind of laughter where you can barely breathe and tears start rolling down your face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first blonde nearly dropped her fishing pole into the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cOh my gosh,\u201d she gasped, wiping her eyes, \u201cI cannot believe he actually bought that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second blonde leaned back against the cooler, laughing so hard she snorted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe magnets part was your idea!\u201d she pointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd it worked!\u201d the third blonde said proudly. \u201cThat man looked right at the poles and still walked away!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For several minutes, they sat there celebrating what they considered the perfect escape from a fishing fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, once they calmed down, the first blonde reached into the tackle box beside her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cnow that he\u2019s gone\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She pulled out a massive bag of potato chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second blonde grabbed sandwiches from a cooler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third one uncapped a bottle of lemonade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then, without even touching the fishing rods again, they simply sat there eating lunch beside the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s when the second blonde frowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWait a second.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other two looked up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She pointed toward the riverbank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere are the magnets?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three of them froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slowly, all three turned toward their fishing lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every line was gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The poles were still there\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026but the strings had vanished completely into the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first blonde jumped up. \u201cWhat happened?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third blonde grabbed her pole and started pulling frantically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The line wouldn\u2019t budge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then suddenly\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SPLASH!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A muddy bicycle wheel burst out of the river attached to one line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second pole jerked violently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another splash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time it was an old shopping cart covered in algae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third blonde pulled with all her strength until an enormous rusted safe surfaced halfway out of the water before crashing back in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All three screamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s when they heard slow clapping behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They turned around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game warden stood there grinning with his arms crossed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFunny thing about magnets,\u201d he said calmly. \u201cThey attract metal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The blondes stared at him in horror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The warden pointed toward the mountain of junk now dragging their poles toward the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCongratulations, ladies,\u201d he said. \u201cYou officially ARE cleaning the river now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then he pulled a folded ticket book from his pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd since you admitted you weren\u2019t fishing\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The blondes sighed with relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026I guess I can\u2019t write you a fishing citation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All three smiled instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until he added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut I can<\/em> fine you for illegally dumping half a scrapyard back into state waters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The smiles disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first blonde blinked. \u201cWait\u2026 what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The warden pointed at the floating shopping cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMa\u2019am, unless that cart belongs to you, somebody put it there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second blonde panicked. \u201cWe didn\u2019t dump it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMaybe not,\u201d the warden replied, \u201cbut now you\u2019re responsible for removing every single thing your magnets pull out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The three blondes looked at the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then at the shopping cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then at the safe still half-submerged underwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The third blonde groaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe should\u2019ve just bought fishing licenses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The moment the game warden disappeared around the bend in the trail, the three blondes burst into uncontrollable laughter. Not…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20721,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20719\/revisions\/20721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}