The Presidential election was too close to call. Neither the Republican
candidate nor the Democratic 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 sportsmanlike way to settle things. The candidate
that caught the most fish at the end of the week would win the election.
After much of back and forth discussion, it was decided that the contest
take place on a remote frozen lake in northern Minnesota .
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, John McCain returned to the starting line and he had ten fish.
Soon, Obama returned and had no fish. Well, everyone assumed he was just
havin...
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