Dream from 10/17/12

My neighbor, Bob, found a dead body in his bathtub. 

Bob calls me over to help him and his son move the body...they're not sure how it got there. Like the good neighbor that I am, I agree to help. 

The dead man is bald, shirtless, wearing wire-rimmed glasses, and electric blue pants. He's mostly submerged in water. "It'll stink," says Bob. Bob's son, Bob jr. covers his nose. 

Later, I'm helping them put the body at the curb for garbage collection and my main concern is, "Will the trash men take a dead body?" This really worries me, so I cover it in a blanket and tie its legs so they don't dangle all over the place--I recall that the township wants us to bundle sticks for garbage collection, and so I bundle this man's limbs. But I'm still worried and I get Bob to help me put the man in a cardboard box. That's better. Now I'm just wondering if the trash men will be able to pick the man up. I burn several sticks of incense around the boxed up body to conceal the smell, but also to honor his passing. Bob tells me the reason he decided to throw the body away instead of reporting it is because the state of NJ charges you $20,000 if you report finding a dead body in your tub.

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