A lobster fisherman from Maine gets pulled over by a New Hampshire State Trooper for speeding. 
The trooper started to lecture the lobster fisherman about his speeding, and in general began to throw his weight around to try to make the lobster fisherman feel uncomfortable.

Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the ticket.  As he was doing that, he kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head.

The lobster fisherman says, "Havin' some problem with them circle flies?"
The trooper stopped writing the ticket and said, "Well yeah, if that's what they're called.  But I've never heard of circle flies."

"Well, sir," the lobster fisherman replies, "circle flies hang around 
farms.  They're called circle flies because they're almost always found circling around the back end of a horse."
The trooper says, "Oh," and goes back to writing the ticket.  But, a moment later he stops and asks, "Are you callin' me a horse's ass?"

"No, sir," the lobster fisherman replies,  " Have too much respect for law enforcement to call you a horse's ass."
"That's a good thing," the trooper says and goes back to writing the 
ticket.

After a long pause, the lobster fisherman, in his best Maine drawl says,



"Hard to fool them flies though".

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