Posted on 03/26/2008 3:37:16 PM PDT by blam
An agent for the Department of Natural Resources decides to drive down to a popular fishing spot and check the fishing licenses of the fishermen there.
While he is going about his duty, he spots a man loading a big cooler into the back of his truck.
“Excuse me sir” the DNR officer says to the man, “Mind if I check your catch.”
“I didn’t catch anything” the man replies.
“Mind if I look in your cooler then” the officer says.
“Go ahead” says the man.
Well, the cooler is full of water and there are six good sized trout slowly moving.
“I’ll need to see your license, sir”
“What for?”
“For catching these fish”
“I told you I didn’t catch anything, those are my pet trout”
“Your pet trout?”
“Yessir, those are my pet trout that swim in my big aquarium at home”
“Then why do you have them out here?”
“Well, they like to come out and swim in the river and play with the other fish sometimes. When they have had enough play time, I whistle and they come back and jump in the cooler”
“So you are telling me that your “pet trout” come back and jump in the cooler when you whistle?”
“Exactly”
“Sir, you need to show me your license or I’m going to right you a ticket”
“You don’t believe me?”
“No”
“Well how about I prove it to you”
“Ok sir, prove it to me”
So the man picks up the cooler, walks to the edge of the river and dumps the fish in. He stands up and starts to walk back to his truck with the cooler.
“Well?”
“Well what?”
“Aren’t you going to whistle?”
“What for?”
“To get your fish back?”
“What fish?”
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