Pet Fish

[AzPaul]

Near a river well known for its fishing, a game warden stops a man with a large ice chests full of live fish.
The game warden says to the man, "Hope you have a license to catch those fish, because if you don't you're looking at a mighty hefty fine."
"Naw, I ain't got no license. Don't need one. These fish here ain't sport fish, these fish here is my pets. They's my pet fish."
"Pet fish?", the game warden asks incredulously.
"Yep. Every night I take these here pet fish down to the river and let 'em swim' around for a while. Then I whistle and they jump right back into this ice chest here and I take 'em home."
"That's a bunch of bunk!", says the warden, "Fish can't do that!"
The man looks at the game warden for a moment, then slowly says, "If you don't mind me saying, I take great offense to that. When I whistle, my pet fish absolutely do swim back and they absolutely do jump right up into this ice chest. And if you don't believe me, I'd be more than happy to show you, and then you're gonna owe me an apology."
"Okay" the warden says, "This, I've GOT to see."
So they head down to the shoreline where the man tips over the ice chest and the fish disappear into the river. Then the two men stand there and wait.
After several minutes, the game warden turns to the man and says, "Well?"
"Well, what?", asks the man.
"When are you going to call them back?"
"Call who back?"
"The FISH!"
"What fish?"

[swatty]