Texan in Canada

A Texas oil tycoon is in Canada for a vacation and has booked a day of fishing on the Great Slave Lake. The guide says they will start out on the lake at sun up, 2 a.m. As they start out the guide says, “Have you ever seen such a long day?” The Texan says, “Sonny, the sun never sets on Texas.” As they head out across the lake, the guide asks, “Have you ever fished on a lake as big as this?” The Texan says, “Sonny, back in Texas this would just be a pond.”

Finally they arrive at the fishing ground. They set their gear and the Texan reels in a few nice ones then he hooks a big one. Finally he reels it close enough to see that it is really big. In his mind he already sees it mounted over his fireplace, a trophy to brag to his friends about. The guide muscles the trout into the boat and turns to the Texan, “Have you ever seen a trout this big?” The Texan shrugs and says, “Why, Sonny, back in Texas we throw little ones like that back.” The guide smiles and drops the fish back into the lake. “We do the same here in Canada.”