A farmer got pulled over by a state trooper for speeding, and the trooper started to lecture the farmer about his speed, and in general, began to throw his weight around to try to make the farmer uncomfortable.
Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the ticket, and as he was doing that he kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head.
The farmer said, ‘Having some problems with circle flies there, are ya?’
The trooper stopped writing the ticket and said, ‘Well yeah, if that’s what they are, but I never heard of circle flies.’
So the farmer says, ‘Well, circle flies are common on farms. See, 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.
Then after a minute he stops and says, ‘Hey…wait a minute, are you trying to call me a horse’s ass?’
The farmer says, ‘Oh no, officer. I have too much respect for law enforcement and police officers to even think about calling you a horse’s ass.’
The trooper says, ‘Well, that’s a good thing,’ and goes back to writing the ticket. He finished writing the ticket and handed it to the farmer.
No English dictionary has been able to adequately explain the difference between these two words – “Complete” and “Finished”. In a recent linguistic competition held in London and attended by, supposedly, the best in the world, Samdar Balgobin, a Guyanese man, was the clear winner with a standing ovation which lasted over 5 minutes.
The final question was: “How do you explain the difference between COMPLETE and FINISHED in a way that is easy to understand? Some people say there is no difference between COMPLETE and FINISHED.”
Here is his astute answer: “When you marry the right woman, you are COMPLETE. When you marry the wrong woman, you are FINISHED. And, when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are COMPLETELY FINISHED!”
He won a trip around the world and a case of 25-year old Scotch!
Almost every country with two dimes to rub together is susceptible to hacking of their electrical grids, water plants, large bridges and tunnels, highways, banks, gas stations, docks, nuclear plants, and shipping, etc.
