You've reminded me of a friend's old job, actually......he worked at an animal health trust place and had to analyse doggy bum-sausage samples for parasites and blood and pathogens and other things. Well, they got sent samples from all over the country. Not a huge problem when they're sent by next-day delivery, but when Rover goes in to the vet on a Friday and gives his stool sample, then obviously (what with no-one working over the weekend) it takes until Monday morning before the parcel is delivered. In the summer, opening the packages became somewhat unpleasant.
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