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Hello, I would like to buy a fish licence, please. A licence for my pet fish, Eric. He’s an halibut. I chose him out of thousands. I didn’t like the others, they were all too flat.

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You don’t need a licence for your fish.

There’s no such thing as a bloody fish licence.

I promise you that there is no such thing. You don’t need one.

Wisecracks don’t help people find answers.

You must be a loony.

He is not a loony! Why should he be tied with the epithet loony merely because he has a pet halibut?

A licence. For a fish. You are a loony.

Look, it’s people like you what cause unrest.