Trout

A man walked into a fishmonger's and asked to buy six trout.

'Certainly, sir,' said the fishmonger, selecting the trout.

He was about to wrap them up when the man said:

'No! Please don't wrap them up yet.'

'Can you just gently throw them to me one by one?

'I can,' replied the fishmonger. 'But why?

'Well,' answered the man, 'I've been fishing all night and haven't caught anything.'

'At least if you throw those trout to me and I catch them, I can honestly say when I get home that I've caught six trout.'