A cowboy from Texas was pulled over by an Arizona DPS
Trooper for speeding. The trooper started to lecture
the cowboy about his speeding, and in general began to
throw his weight around to try to make the cowboy feel
uncomfortable.
Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the
ticket. As he was doing that, he kept swatting at some
flies that were buzzing around his head.
The cowboy said, "Y'all havin' some problem with
circle flies ?"
The trooper stopped writing the ticket and said, "Well
yeah, if that's what they're called. But I never heard
of no circle flies."
"Well, sir," the cowboy replied, "circle flies hang
around ranches. They're called circle flies because
they're almost always found circling around the back
end of a horse."
The trooper said, "Oh," and went back to writing the
ticket. But, a moment later he stopped and said, "Are
you calling me a horse's Cranberries?"
"No, sir," the cowboy replied, "I have too much
respect for law enforcement to call y'all a horse's
Cranberries."
"That's a good thing," the trooper said and went back
to writing the ticket.
After a long pause, the cowboy, in his best Texas
drawl said, "Hard to fool them flies though.
