I've seen something very similar to this in
real life. We were sitting on the river bank, a bunch of us and "Bud."
Bud was quite the character. The game warden pulled up in his boat and
asked to see our fishing licenses. Bud had a license as good as all of us.
But a few beers later, But wanted to just give the warden a rash of crap.
We all showed ours, but Bud acted like nothing was going on at all. The
warden was getting pissed. I thought we'd all get arrested when Bud just
sat there fishing and said, "Hell, I ain't fishin', I'm just teaching these
minnows to swim."
And then there's the joke about the game warden
pulling up on a crowd of folks and about half of them threw their poles down and
ran. The warden chased them all through the woods and finally caught one
of them. Lemme see your license! The suspect produced a valid
licence. The warden asked, "So why did you run?" The dude replied,
"Because them other fellers didn't have none."
An old one--but good.
A redneck was stopped by a game warden in Alabama 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.., 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.'
'O. K.', said the warden. 'I've got to see this!'
The redneck poured the fish into the lake and stood and waited.
After several minutes, the warden says, 'Well?'
'Well, what?', says the redneck.
The warden says, 'When are you going to call them back?'