I No Longer Covet the Taxidermied Crab

Nov 12, 2024

One problem with having a functioning brain that it is always coming up with new ideas and many of those ideas are bad.

It’s been a while since Mutual Fish closed. I once thought that it would be a good move to ask the owners if I could buy the taxidermied crab that is still mounted on the wall in the now empty building.

Now I realize that the presentation is not that impressive. A modest Alaskan red king crab mounted on a piece of wood and framed with some trap line.

After decades of absorbing the smells of a fish market this thing probably doesn’t smell good.

—Alex

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