A Little Fishing Secret
Dad always laughed before the punchline when he told jokes, but I remember this one especially:
Two guys were out ice fishing up in the interior of BC in the dead of winter. One was catching them every 10 minutes, and the other was not getting even one bite. The one who was down on his luck asked the other what his secret was to catching a fish every 10 minutes.
"Yngtngeepmwm" - he mumbled.
"What was that?" the other replied.
"Yngtngeepmwm" the lucky fisher mumbled again.
"I'm sorry but I can't make out what you're saying" the unlucky fisherman said.
The lucky fisherman spat out a big wad of slimy squirming wriggling worms into his palm, and said, "You gotta keep 'em warm!".