10-02-2021, 17:47
Young Dan (“the village idiot”) has been tickling trout
and is sitting by the river with three beautiful trout in
a bucket of water.
A water bailiff turns up and accuses him of fishing without
a licence, which Dan most strenuously denies.
Dan then said to the bailiff, “These are my pet trout and I bring
them here everyday for some exercise.”
The bailiff laughed at this and said, “Don’t talk such rubbish.”
Dan replied, “It’s true, I let them go and they come back when
I call them – you just wait and see.”
With that he releases the trout back into the river.
After ten minutes the bailiff asks, “Aren’t you going to call
the trout back now?”
Dan replied, “What trout?”….
DD
and is sitting by the river with three beautiful trout in
a bucket of water.
A water bailiff turns up and accuses him of fishing without
a licence, which Dan most strenuously denies.
Dan then said to the bailiff, “These are my pet trout and I bring
them here everyday for some exercise.”
The bailiff laughed at this and said, “Don’t talk such rubbish.”
Dan replied, “It’s true, I let them go and they come back when
I call them – you just wait and see.”
With that he releases the trout back into the river.
After ten minutes the bailiff asks, “Aren’t you going to call
the trout back now?”
Dan replied, “What trout?”….
DD
Ubique.