An Old Farmer and a Humorous Exchange

An elderly farmer was driving down the road with a wagon full of manure when a state trooper pulled him over.

“You were driving too fast,” the officer said. “I’ll have to write you a ticket.”

“All right,” the farmer replied calmly, watching as the trooper waved his hands to chase away a swarm of flies.

“These flies are awful,” the officer complained.

“They sure are,” the farmer said. “Those are circle flies.”

Curious, the trooper asked, “What exactly is a circle fly?”

“They’re the kind of flies that like to fly in circles around the back end of a horse,” the farmer explained.

The trooper narrowed his eyes. “Are you calling me a horse?”


“No sir,” the farmer said politely. “But those flies seem to know where to gather.”


Jacob loved asking tricky questions in class.

One day, his teacher walked past his desk and Jacob raised his hand. “How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?”

The teacher paused and said, “I’m not sure. How?”

Jacob grinned. “You open the door, put the elephant inside, and close it.”

Then he asked, “How do you put a giraffe into the refrigerator?”

Feeling confident, the teacher answered, “Easy. You open the door and put it in.”

Jacob shook his head. “Nope. First you take the elephant out, then you put the giraffe in.”

He continued, “All the animals were invited to the lion’s birthday party, but one animal didn’t show up. Which one?”

The teacher thought for a moment. “The lion?”

“No,” Jacob replied. “The giraffe — it’s still stuck in the refrigerator.”

Jacob had one final question. “If you need to cross a river full of alligators, how would you do it?”

The teacher answered carefully, “I’d cross using a bridge.”

Jacob smiled and said, “Wrong! You swim across, because all the alligators are at the lion’s birthday party!”