A cowboy in Texas got pulled over
by a State Trooper for speeding. The trooper started to lecture the cowboy about
his speeding, and in general began to throw his weight around to try to make the
cowboy 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 cowboy 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 cowboy says, "Well, circle
flies are common on ranches. See, they're called circle flies because they're
almost always found circling around the backend 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 ass?"
The cowboy says, "Oh no, officer. I have too
much respect for law enforcement and police officers to even think about calling
you a horse's ass."
The trooper says, "Well
that's a good thing", and goes back to writing the ticket.
After
a long pause, the cowboy says, "Hard to fool them flies though."*
