“In a small fishing village, a fisherman was walking up the wharf carrying two – at least threepound live lobsters – one in each hand. It was three weeks after the season closed! Whom should
he meet at the end of the wharf but the Federal Fisheries Officer who, upon viewing the live and
wiggling lobsters, says: “Well I Lad die I got you this time – with two live lobsters three weeks
after the season closed!” The fisherman says, “No – My Son you are wrong! These are two
trained lobsters that I caught two weeks before the season ended.” The Fisheries Officer says,
“Trained like how?” “Well my son, each day I takes these two from my house down to the wharf
and puts them in the water for a swim. While they swim I sits on the wharf and has me a smoke,
or two. After about 15 minutes I whistles and up comes me two lobsters, and I takes them
home!” “Likely story”, the Fisheries Officer says! “Let’s take them on down the wharf and see if
it’s true.” So, the fisherman goes ahead of the Fisheries Officer to the end of the wharf where,
under supervision, he gently lowers both lobsters into the water. The fisherman sits on a wharf
piling and lights up a smoke, then another! After about 15 minutes the Fisheries Officer says to
the fisherman, “How about whistling?” The fisherman says “What For?” The Fisheries Officer
says, “ To call in the Lobsters” The fisherman says, “ What Lobsters?””
