There was a farmer, sitting on the front porch of his house this one hot summer day, when this kid comes walking down the road carrying a big bundle of wire.
"Hey kid!" the farmer says. "Where are you going with that wire?"
"Well," the kid drawls, "this here ain`t just any old wire, this here`s chicken wire- I`m fixin` to catch me some chickens!"
"You can`t catch chickens with chicken wire!"
"Sure I can!" the kid says, and takes off down the road.
He comes back at the end of the day and sure enough, he`s got a whole mess of chickens caught in his chicken wire.
Well, the farmer`s sitting on his porch the next day, and the same kid comes walking down the lane, carrying a big roll of tape.
"Hey kid!" the farmer yells. "Where are you going with that tape?"
"Well, this here ain`t just any old tape, this here`s duck tape- I`m fixin` to catch me some ducks!"
"You can`t catch ducks with duck tape!" the farmer yells back.
"Sure I can!" the kid says, and takes off down the road.
He comes back at the end of the day and again, the farmer can`t believe his eyes. The kid had a whole bunch of ducks all wrapped up tightly in his tape.
The next day the farmer`s sitting on his porch again, and the kid comes walking down the road carrying a stick.
"Hey kid!" the farmer says. "Where are you going with that stick?"
"Well, this here ain`t just any old stick, this here`s pussy willow."
"Hang on," the farmer says, "I`ll get my hat."