The Prime Ministerial election in Canada was too close to call. Neither the Liberal candidate (Paul Martin) nor the Conservative candidate (Stephen Harper) had enough votes to win the election. After much talk about health care and gun registration boondoggles, a week-long ice fishing competition between the two candidates seemed the best way to settle things. The winner would be the candidate who caught the most fish at the end of the week.
After a lot of back and forth discussion, it was decided that the contest would
take place on a cold, remote lake in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. There were to be
no observers present, and both men were to be sent out separately on this remote
lake and return daily with their catch for counting and verification. At the end
of the first day, Harper returns to the starting line with 10 fish. Soon, Martin
returns and has zero fish. Everyone assumes he is just having a bad hair
day and hopefully he will catch up the next day.
At the end of the second day, Harper comes in with 20 fish and Martin comes in
again with none. That evening, Martin’s campaign manager gets together secretly
with Martin and says, “I think Harper is a lowlife cheating son-of-a-gun. I want
you to go out tomorrow and don’t even bother with fishing. Just spy on him and
see if he is cheating in any way.”
The next night (after Harper comes back with 50 fish), the campaign manager says
to Martin, “Well, what about it - is Harper cheating?”
“He sure is,” Martin replied. “He’s cutting holes in the ice.”
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