Three boys with some chicken-wire...

walk down the street and pass an old man on his porch.

The old-timer asks "What are you boys doing with so much chicken-wire?"

One of the boys exclaims "We're gonna catch some chickens!"

The old man scoffs and tells them "you can't catch chickens with chicken-wire, that's not how it works."

The boys just shrug and continue on their way. A few hours later, they stroll past the old man. He gazed from his porch in disbelief from seeing that each boy had three chickens each.

The next day, they pass again, this time with loads of duct tape. The old man asked what they were up to with so much duct tape.

One excited boy yells "We're gonna catch some ducks!"

The old man laughingly replied "Good luck, because *duct* tape isn't for catching *ducks.*"

Several hours later, the boys shock the old-timer when they pass back by, each carrying two mallard ducks restrained with duct tape.

The day after that, the boys walked by the old man's house, but this time each boy was carrying a handful of pussywillow branches.

The old man stood up, eyed the boys and said "Hold on there, youngsters...let me grab my hat."