Turtle and Canary

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Today, Hank was practicing his guitar in the store. He still wasn't very good at it, and although he was getting better, the store was still filled with an awful, ear-splitting racket. He'd even managed to scare the panda away temporarily.

The OCD had fled, too.

Today's Squishy flavors: Black Sabbath, Metallica, Grape Judas Priest

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"Excuse me," said the man in the black suit and sunglasses as he entered the store. "I'm looking for one Henry Allen Venture?"

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Hank ended his strumming on a particularly discordant note, and frowned at the man. "Who wants to know?" The man looked like an OSI agent, and that could mean trouble, or it could mean something to do with Brock.

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"Special Agent Mannhiem," he said flashing his badge. "United States Postal Inspection Service. Division six. Can I see some ID please?"

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"You're a secret agent, and they have you inspecting posts?" Hank asked. "Man, I'd seriously reconsider my career, if I were you. Have you, perchance, ever considered the enormous potential of being a retail sales associate?"

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K gave Hank a special glare. One he reserved for malicious aliens threatening to end the world.

Or J when he was being J.

"No," he answered. "And I'm not a secret agent of anything. May I see some Id please?"

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"Well, it's not much of a secret if you go around in a black suit and sunglasses," Hank pointed out as he dug through his pockets. He pulled out a battered and burnt license that said he was three years older than he actually was, as well as a HankCo. business card. "Is this good enough, my good sir?"

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K checked the license. Honestly? It was better than most ID's he'd seen on the island thus far.

"Good enough, slick," K said as he plopped a box (http://www.muttonbone.com/) on the counter. "Here you go."

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"Golly, thanks!!!" Hank ripped into the box with the enthusiasm of a kid at Christmas. Then he stared at the sheep, bewildered. "I don't get it," He announded. " What's the point?"

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K peered into the package and shrugged.

"Maybe you can use it as a pillow," he suggested.

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"No thanks," Hank answered. "I like to use a 'pillow' for that."

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K shrugged. "Maybe as a conversation starter?"

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Hank gave the sheep a dubious look. "I'm not really into starting conversations with kiddie toys," he replied. "But then again, I also don't inspect posts for a living. I'm not one to judge. What you do in your free time is your own business. And my business... is business."

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"And what exactly is that business?" K asked. "Keeping the panda happy?"

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"In part," Hank answered. "I, you see, am an entrepreneur. My card."

He handed K another business card, because he'd forgotten he'd already handed him one. "HankCo. is American-owned and -operated," he added.