The Old Fisherman

[Karl/Pa.]

An old fisherman was walking up to his beat up old pickup truck with a bucket of flopping bass when a game warden approached him. The warden said, "Bass season is closed, you have no license and besides, you have way over your limit." The old fisherman told the game warden, "These are my pet bass and I take them down to the lake every morning. They swim around, get some exercise, then I whistle for them and they jump back in the bucket". Well, the game warden was amazed but wasn't sure if he believed it or not. The fisherman then said, "Let me take these back down to the lake and I'll show you." The warden reluctantly agreed. The fisherman walked down to the edge of the water and slowly let all the bass back into the lake where they quickly swam off. After a few minutes, the warden said, "Well?" The fisherman replied, "Well, what?" To this, the warden asked, "When are the bass going to get back in the bucket?" And the fisherman looked at the warden and said, "What bass?" and walked off.