A LESSON TO BE
LEARNED
An old man sitting on his front porch down
in Louisiana watching the sun rise, sees the neighbor's kid walk by carrying something big
under his arm. He yells out, "Hey boy, whatcha got there?"
The boy yells back, "Roll of chicken
wire."
The old man says, "What you gonna do
with that?"
The boy says, "Catch some
chickens."
The old man yells, "You damn fool, you
can't catch chickens with chicken wire!"
The boy just laughs and keeps walking.
That evening at sunset the boy comes
walking by, and to the old man's surprise, he is dragging behind him the chicken wire with
about 30 chickens caught in it.
Same time next morning the old man is out
watching the sun rise and he sees the boy walk by carrying something kind of round in his
hand. The old man yells out, "Hey boy, whatcha got there?"
The boy yells back, "Roll of duct
tape."
The old man says, "What you gonna do
with that?"
The boy says, "Catch me some
ducks."
The old man yells back, "You damn
fool, you can't catch ducks with duct tape!"
The boy just laughs and keeps walking.
That night around sunset the boy walks by
coming home, and to the old man's amazement, he is trailing behind him the unrolled roll
of duct tape with about 35 ducks caught in it.
Same time next morning the old man sees the
boy walking by carrying what looks like a long reed with something fuzzy on the end.
The old man says, "Hey boy, whatcha
got there?"
The boy says, "It's a pussy
willow."
The old man says, "Hold on, I'll get
my hat."
 
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