A veteran truck driver from Texas was training a rookie driver from Arkansas. As the two were driving across Arkansas on interstate hwy 40 the Texan saw a deer in the ditch and asked "Is that a deer?" The man from Ar replied "Yes, why?" "Well, becuase deer in Texas are twice that big" said the Texan. A little while later they he saw a turkey in a field and asked "Now don't tell me that's a turkey?" The man from Ar looked and said "Yes, why?" "Well, becuase we have turkeys twice that big in Texas." said the Texan. About an hour later, well after the man from Ar was tired of this the Texan saw an alligator snapping turtle that was roughly the size of a donut spare tire. Then he said "And I guess that's a turtle huh?" The man from Ar looked at him and said with a completely strait face "NO...That's a tick."

Also can anyone tell me the origin of the word "politic"???

Many tics???

How about what is red and green and goes 300 m.p.h.

Yeah the captain got it. Poli comes from the latin word meaning many and tics are blood sucking parasites.