A redneck was stopped by a
game warden in Central Mississippi recently
with two ice chests full of fish.
He was leavin' a cove well-known for its
fishing.
The game warden asked the man, "Do you have a license
to catch those
fish?"
"Naw, sir," replied the
redneck. "I ain't got none of them there
licenses.
You must understand, these here are my pet
fish."
"Pet fish?"
"Yeah. Every night, I take these here fish down to
the
lake and let 'em
swim 'round for awhile. Then, when I whistle, they jump
right back
into these here ice chests and I take 'em home."
"That's a bunch of hooey! Fish can't do that."
The redneck looked at the warden for a moment and then
said, "It's the
truth Mr. Government Man. I'll show ya. It really
works."
"OK.," said the warden. "I've got to see this!"
The redneck poured the fish into
the lake and stood and waited.
After sever al minutes, the warden says, "Well?"
"Well, what?" says the redneck.
The warden says, "When are you going to call them
back?"
"Call who back?"
"The FISH," replied the warden!
"What fish?" replied the redneck.
Moral of the story: We may not be as smart as some city
slickers, but
we ain't as dumb as some government
employees.
You can say what you want about the South, but
you never hear of anyone
retiring and moving north.