A local election was too close to call. Neither candidate had enough votes to win. There was much talk about ballot recounting, court challenges, etc., but a week-long ice fishing competition seemed the sportsman like way to settle things. The candidate who caught the most fish at the end of the week would win the election.
After much back and forth discussion, it was decided the contest would take place on a remote frozen lake in the country.
There were to be no observers present, and both men were to be sent out separately on this isolated lake and return at 5 P.M with their catch for counting and verification by a team of neutral parties.
At the end of the first day, the first candidate, John, returned to the starting line, and he had 10 fish.
Soon, the second candidate, David, returned and had no fish. Everyone assumed he was just having a bad day or something and hopefully, he would catch up the next day.
At the end of the 2nd day John came in with 20 fish, and David came in again with none.
That evening David’s party got together secretly with David and said, “We think John is a low-life, cheatin’ son-of-a-gun. Tomorrow don’t bother fishing. Just spy on him, and see just how he is cheating.’
The next night (after John returns with 50 fish), David’s party got together for the report of how the other candidate was cheating.
David said, “You are not going to believe this . . . he’s cutting holes in the ice.”
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