>> An old man in Mississippi was sitting on his front porch watching the sunrise. He sees the neighbor's kid walking carrying something big under his arm.

He yells out, "Hey boy, whatcha' got there?" The boy yells back, "Roll of chicken wire."

Old man says, "What you gonna' do with that?" Boy says, "Gonna' catch

Some chickens."

Old man yells, "You damn fool! You can't catch chickens with chicken

wire!"

Boy just laughs and keeps walking. That evening at sunset the boy comes walking by and to the old man's surprise, he is dragging behind him the chicken wire with about 30 chickens caught in it.

Same time next morning the old man is out watching the sunrise and he sees the boy walk by carrying something kind of round in his hand.

Old man yells out, "Hey boy, whatcha' got there?" Boy yells back, "Roll of duck tape."

Old man says, "What you gonna' do with that?" Boy says back, "Gonna'

Catch me some ducks."

Old man yells back, "You damn fool! You can't catch ducks with duck

tape!" Boy just laughs and keeps walking.

That night around sunset the boy walks by coming home and to the old man's amazement trailing behind the boy is the unrolled duck tape with about 35 ducks caught on it.

Same time next morning the old man sees the boy walking by carrying what looks like a long reed with something fuzzy on the end.

The old man says, "Hey boy, whatcha' got there?" The boy replies, "It's a pussy willow."

The old man says, "Wait up ... I'll get my hat."