Circle Flies

[Nushka]

Paul:

A farmer in Georgia got pulled over by a State Trooper for speeding.

The

trooper started to lecture the farmer about his speeding, and in general

began to throw his weight around to try to make the farmer feel

uncomfortable. Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the ticket.

As he was doing that, he kept swatting at some flies that were

buzzing

around his head.

The farmer said, "Having some problem 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, "Are you trying to call me a horse's

*ss?"

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

*ss. " 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."

[patut]

Way to go- needed a good chuckle this a.m.

p.s. I really like the musical afghan in your picture - I am a music teacher.

Cyndy