Ice Fishing

The Election was too close to call. Neither candidate had
enough votes to win. There was much talk about ballot
recounting, court challenges, etc., but a week-long ice
fishing competition seemed the sportsmanlike way to settle
things. The candidate that caught the most fish at the end
of the week would win the election.

Therefore, it was decided that there should be an ice
fishing contest between the two candidates to determine the
winner.

After much of back and forth discussion, it was decided
that the contest take place on a remote frozen lake in
northern Minnesota .

There were to be no observers present, and both men were to
be sent out separately on this isolated lake and return at 5
P.M. with their catch for counting and verification by a
team of neutral parties. At the end of the first day, John returned to the starting line and he had ten fish.

Soon, Bill returned and had no fish. Well, everyone
assumed he was just having another 'bad hair' day or
something and hopefully, he would catch up the next day.

At the end of the 2nd day John came in with 20 fish and
Bill came in again with none.

That evening, Harry Reid got together secretly with Bill
and said, 'Bill, I think John is a low-life,
cheatin' guy. I want you to go out tomorrow and
don't even bother with fishing. Just spy on him and see
just how he is cheating.'

The next night (after John. returns with 50 fish), said
to Bill, 'Well, tell me, how is John cheating?'

Bill replied, 'Harry, you're not going to believe
this, but he's cutting holes in the ice.'

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