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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 60656">&gt; A farmer got pulled over by a state trooper for speeding, and the trooper &gt; started to lecture the farmer about his speed, and in general began to &gt; throw his weight around to try to make the farmer uncomfortable.&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; Finally, the&nbsp; trooper got around to writing out the ticket, and as he &gt; was doing that he &gt; kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head. &gt;&nbsp; &gt; The farmer said, &quot;Having some problems with circle flies there, are ya?&quot; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; The trooper stopped writing the ticket and said, &quot;Well, yeah, if that&#039;s &gt; what they are----I never heard of circle flies.&quot; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; So the farmer says, &quot;Well, circle flies are common on farms.&nbsp; See, &gt; they&#039;re called circle flies because they&#039;re almost always found circling &gt; around &gt; the back end of a horse.&quot; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; The trooper says, &quot;Oh,&quot; and goes back to writing the ticket.&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; Then after a minute he stops and says, &quot;Hey ... wait a minute, are you &gt; trying to call &gt; me a horse&#039;s &lt;FONT COLOR=&quot;ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;?&quot; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; The farmer says, &quot;Oh no, officer.&nbsp; I have too much respect for law &gt; enforcement and police officers to even think about calling you a horse&#039;s &gt; &lt;FONT COLOR=&quot;ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;.&quot; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; The trooper says, &quot;Well, that&#039;s a good thing,&quot; and goes back to writing &gt; the ticket. &gt;&nbsp; &gt; After a long pause, the farmer says, &quot;Hard to fool them flies though.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 60656"] > A farmer got pulled over by a state trooper for speeding, and the trooper > started to lecture the farmer about his speed, and in general began to > throw his weight around to try to make the farmer uncomfortable. > Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the ticket, and as he > was doing that he > kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head. > > The farmer said, "Having some problems with circle flies there, are ya?" > > The trooper stopped writing the ticket and said, "Well, yeah, if that's > what they are----I never heard of circle flies." > > So the farmer says, "Well, circle flies are common on farms. See, > they're called circle flies because they're almost always found circling > around > the back end of a horse." > > The trooper says, "Oh," and goes back to writing the ticket. > > Then after a minute he stops and says, "Hey ... wait a minute, are you > trying to call > me a horse's ?" > > The farmer says, "Oh no, officer. I have too much respect for law > enforcement and police officers to even think about calling you a horse's > ." > > The trooper says, "Well, that's a good thing," and goes back to writing > the ticket. > > After a long pause, the farmer says, "Hard to fool them flies though." [/QUOTE]

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