An old man was sitting on his porch one morning when a boy walked up the road carrying a large roll of chicken wire.

“Hey, boy! What are you doing with all that chicken wire?”

“I’m gonna catch some chickens, sir.”

“You fool, you can’t catch no chickens with chicken wire.”

The boy smiled and walked off. That evening he came back dragging the chicken wire with at least a dozen chickens rolled up in it.

The next morning, the old man sat on his porch and saw the boy coming down the street with a large pack of gray tape.

“What you got there, boy?”

“It’s Duck Tape brand duct tape, I’m going to catch some ducks today.”

“You fool, you can’t catch no ducks with Duck Tape.”

The boy laughed and later that evening walked by with a large group of ducks wrapped up in tape.

The next morning the man saw the boy coming down the street with a big bundle of reeds.

“What you got there, boy?”

“It’s a bundle of pussy willows, I –”

“Hold on I’ll get my hat!”