Coolhand
Resident River Rat
So a husband declares to his wife that he's going fishing, and that she should come with him. Though she is a non-angler, she sighingly agrees.
So, he packs up all his fishing gear, and she packs a bottle of wine, and takes her fashion magazines and her chaise lounge, and off they go to the river.
Upon arriving at the river, the husband plunks down a large pile of excess gear next to his reclining wife, and announces that he's going to head upriver and see what's around the bend. She waves goodbye and resumes reading her Cosmo.
About five minutes after husband has disappeared from sight, a game warden comes wandering up from downriver.
"Excuse me, ma'am," he says, "but I need to see your fishing license."
She looks at him and says "well, sir, I'm not fishing."
He says, "but you have all of this gear, so I need to see your license."
"But officer," she says, a bit peevishly, "this isn't my gear, it's my husband's."
"And where is your husband?"
"He's upstream somewhere."
The warden looks at her sternly and says, "Well, ma'am, I'm going to have to ticket you for fishing without a license."
"WHAT?" she thunders. "I told you, I'm not fishing!"
"Yes," he replies, still very stern-faced, "But you have the equipment for it."
She stares at him for a moment and the says "OK, fine, you write the ticket. I'm going to scream 'Rape' now."
He stares at her dumbfounded for a second and goes "you're going to what?"
"I'm going to scream rape!"
"But that's ridiculous! I haven't laid a hand on you!"
She eyes him very levelly and says "Yeah, but you've got the equipment, don't you?"
To which, of course, the warden tipped his hat and bid the woman a good day!:widemouth
So, he packs up all his fishing gear, and she packs a bottle of wine, and takes her fashion magazines and her chaise lounge, and off they go to the river.
Upon arriving at the river, the husband plunks down a large pile of excess gear next to his reclining wife, and announces that he's going to head upriver and see what's around the bend. She waves goodbye and resumes reading her Cosmo.
About five minutes after husband has disappeared from sight, a game warden comes wandering up from downriver.
"Excuse me, ma'am," he says, "but I need to see your fishing license."
She looks at him and says "well, sir, I'm not fishing."
He says, "but you have all of this gear, so I need to see your license."
"But officer," she says, a bit peevishly, "this isn't my gear, it's my husband's."
"And where is your husband?"
"He's upstream somewhere."
The warden looks at her sternly and says, "Well, ma'am, I'm going to have to ticket you for fishing without a license."
"WHAT?" she thunders. "I told you, I'm not fishing!"
"Yes," he replies, still very stern-faced, "But you have the equipment for it."
She stares at him for a moment and the says "OK, fine, you write the ticket. I'm going to scream 'Rape' now."
He stares at her dumbfounded for a second and goes "you're going to what?"
"I'm going to scream rape!"
"But that's ridiculous! I haven't laid a hand on you!"
She eyes him very levelly and says "Yeah, but you've got the equipment, don't you?"
To which, of course, the warden tipped his hat and bid the woman a good day!:widemouth
