(Monsey) The Monsey butcher who confessed to the selling of non-kosher chickens to thousands of Orthodox Jewish families says it was not his idea, but rather it was the order of a vindictive talking fish who told him to do it.
Newspaper Yaated Neeman took time out from publishing random pictures of Gedolim to report that the butcher was actually contacted in early 2006 by the infamous talking carp. He was later ordered by the furious fish to sell treif chicken to Monsey residents as divine retribution for the Monsey community's outing of the fish's secret identity as a reincarnated Chasidic soul operative to the press, specifically the New York Times.
Reps of the talking fish did not immediately return our calls, however reps from the butcher camp confirm the story and say that the fish and the butcher had been an item for more than a year now.
Monsey officials say a full investigation is pending and that rumors of a video tape of the two meeting at Fialkoff's in the Catskills for pizza have not yet been confirmed as false.