Circle
Flies
After pulling
a farmer over
for speeding, a state trooper
started to lecture him
about his speed, pompously implying
that
the farmer didN'T know any better
and trying to make him feel as
uncomfortable as
possible.
He finally started writing out the ticket,
but had to keep swatting
at some flies
buzzing
around his head.
The
farmer said, "Having some
problems with
circle
flies
there, are ya?"
The trooper paused to take another
swat and said,
"Well, yes, if that's
what they are. I've
never
heard of circle flies."
The farmer was pleased to enlighten
the cop. "Circle
flies
are
common on farms.
They're called circle
flies because you
almost always find
them circling the
back end of a horse."
The trooper continues writing for
a moment, then
says," Hey,
are you trying to
call me a horse's
behind?"
"Oh no, officer."
The
farmer replies. "I have too
much
respect for law enforcement and
police officers for that."
"That's a good thing," the
officer
says rudely,
then
goes
back to
writing the ticket.
After a long pause, the farmer added,
"HARD TO FOOL THEM FLIES, though."
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