A Northern Ontario man was stopped by a MNR (Ministry of Natural
Resources) officer recently with two ice chests full of live fish in water.
He was leaving the area of a river well known for its fishing.
The MNR officer asked the man, 'Do you have a license to catch those fish?'
'Naw, my friend, I ain't got no license. These here are my pet fish.'
'Pet fish?'
'Yep. Every night I take these fish down to the river and let 'em
swim' round for a while. Then I whistle and they jump right back into this ice chest and I take 'em home.'
'That's a bunch of BS! Fish can't do that!'
The man looked at the MNR officer for a moment and then said, 'It's the truth. I'll show you. It really works.'
'Okay, I've GOT to see this!'
The man poured the fish into the river and stood and waited. After several minutes, the MNR officer turned to him and said,
'Well?'
'Well, what?' said the man.
'When are you going to call them back?'
'Call who back?'
'The FISH!'
'What fish?'
We in Northern Ontario may not be as smart as some, but we ain't as dumb as most!
