A man was stopped by a bailiff recently with two buckets of barbel leaving a river well known for its fishing.

The bailiff asked the man, "Do you have a license to catch those fish?"

The man replied to the bailiff, "No, sir. These are my pet fish."

"Pet fish?!" the bailiff replied.

"Yes, sir. Every night I take these here fish down to the river and let them swim around for a while. I whistle and they jump back into their buckets, and I take em home."

"That's a load of bull! barbel can't do that!"

The man looked at the bailiff for a moment, and then said, "Here, I'll show you. It really works."

"O.K. I've GOT to see this!" The bailiff was curious.

The man poured the fish in to the river and stood and waited. After several minutes, the bailiff turned to the man and said, "Well?"

"Well, what?" the man responded.

"When are you going to call them back?" the bailiff prompted.

"Call who back?" the man asked.

"The BARBEL"

"What barbel?" the man asked.