A redneck was stopped by a game warden in Central Mississippi recently with two ice chests full of fish. He was leaving a cove well-known for its fishing.

The game warden asked the man, "Do you have a license to catch those fish?"

"Naw, sir," replied the redneck. "I ain't got none of them there licenses. You must understand, these here are my pet fish."

"Pet fish?"

"Yeah. Every night I take these here fish down to the lake and let 'em swim around for a while. Then, when I whistle, they jump right back into these here ice chests and I take 'em home."

"That's a bunch of hooey! Fish can't do that."

The redneck looked at the warden for a moment and then said, "It's the truth, Mr. Government Man. I'll show ya. It really works."

"Okay," said the game warden, "I've got to see this."

The redneck poured the fish into the lake and stood and waited.

After several minutes, the warden said, "Well?"

"Well, what?" said the redneck.

"When are you going to call them back?" asked the warden.

"Call who back?"

"The FISH!" replied the game warden.

"What fish?" asked the redneck.

"Moral of story: we may not be as smart as some city slickers, but we ain't as dumb as some government employees."