I saw this at Woody’s Place and warned him I was stealing it…
Obama And The Cowboy
A cowboy from Texas attended a social function where Barack Obama was trying to gather support for his healthcare reform plan. When he discovered the cowboy was from President Bush’s town, Barack started to belittle him by talking in a southern drawl and single syllable words.
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 them circle flies?”
Obama stopped talking and said, “Well, yes, if that’s what they’re called, but I’ve never heard of 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.”
“Oh,” Obama replied as he went back to rambling. But, a moment later he stopped and bluntly asked, “Are you calling me a horse’s ass?”
“No, Sir,” the cowboy answered, “I have too much respect for the citizens of this country to call their President a horse’s ass.”
“That’s a good thing,” said Obama as he began rambling on once more.
After a long pause, the cowboy, in his best Texas drawl said, “Hard to fool them flies, though.”
Y’all be sure to head on over to Woody’s for more of his wit and wisdom, ‘K?
I first heard the “Circle Fly Test” told by a friend who’d been stopped for speeding and used it to let the officer know how he felt.
I saved the information and used it myself when I got a complaint on my property from the home owner’s association. Some folks naturally attract Circle Flies.
Yep, TF. Unfortunately, the really adept B.S. artists make sure they spread it where the stink doesn’t seem to emanate from them. Kinda like the “sneake pharte artiste” who always seems to be able to point the finger elsewhere… *sigh*