During a drought, reservoirs dry up. People often discover things in the reservoir that had previously been hidden under the water.
A joke was posted on Twitter by Legs on August 14, 2021, and received over 107,000 likes:
“Must be a very worrying time for anyone who has dumped a body in a reservoir.”
Twitter
Legs
@L3GSV
Must be a very worrying time for anyone who has dumped a body in a reservoir.
4:22 PM 路 Aug 14, 2022路Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Mike Hall 馃憣 馃嚞馃嚙 #brexiteer #resignsturgeon
@mjhall0854
It must be a very worrying time for anyone who has dumped a body in a reservoir!
4:35 PM 路 Aug 14, 2022路Twitter for Android
Twitter
the Prince of Woke (parody)
@theprinceofwoke
It must be a very worrying time for anyone who has dumped a body in a reservoir #ukdrought #droughtuk #drought #Drought2022
3:29 AM 路 Aug 15, 2022路Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Gary Hill.
@gazeera1966
@SouthWestWater Must be a very worrying time for anyone who has dumped a body in a reservoir. 馃
3:59 AM 路 Aug 15, 2022 from Plympton, England路Twitter for Android
Twitter
islwyn davies
@IslwynD
Anyone who鈥檚 dumped a body in a reservoir has got to be sweating just a little during this drought #droughtuk
3:43 PM 路 Aug 15, 2022 from Wales, United Kingdom路Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
It must be an extremely worrying time for anybody who has dumped a body in a reservoir....
5:31 PM 路 Aug 15, 2022路Twitter Web App
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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