Kicker: Lunch insurance

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Nothing’s better than fish and chips at the seaside, salt and vinegar to season it all up just right.

AUDIO: [Seagulls]

until seagulls swoop down to snatch your lunch right out of your hands! The birds have plagued seaside food trucks for years.

So some business owners on the Isle of Man hit upon a solution for traumatized customers.

PAUL BUTLER, HOST: Oh yeah? What’s that?

For about a buck thirty, you can buy seagull insurance along with your meal. So get this, Paul. If a thieving gull grabs your food, you’re covered and you get a replacement meal.

Customers like the option, and proceeds go to a wildlife charity that protects the birds and beasts of the island.

BUTLER: Do I look gullible to you? There’s something fishy about this story.

BROWN: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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