Frozenfish
11-14-2005, 11:04 AM
>John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business.
>
>He had several hundred young layers (hens), called pullets and eight or
ten
>roosters, whose job was to fertilize the eggs.
>
>The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't perform went into the
>soup pot and was replaced.
>
>That took an awful lot of his time so he bought a set of tiny bells and
>attached them to his roosters.
>
>Each bell had a different tone so John could tell from a distance, which
>rooster was performing.
>
>Now he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report simply by
>listening to the bells.
>
>The farmer's favorite rooster was old Butch, a very fine specimen he was,
>too. But on this particular morning John noticed old Butch's bell hadn't
>rung at all!
>
>John went to investigate.
>
>The other roosters were chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The pullets,
>hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover.
>
>But to Farmer John's amazement, Butch had his bell in his beak, so it
>couldn't ring.
>
>He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one.
>
>John was so proud of Butch, he entered him in the county fair and Butch
>became an overnight sensation among the judges.
>
>The result...
>
>The judges not only awarded Butch the "No Bell Piece Prize" but they also
>awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well.
>
>Clearly Butch was a politician in the making.
>
>Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most
>highly coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on
the
>populace and screwing them when they weren't looking.
>
>He had several hundred young layers (hens), called pullets and eight or
ten
>roosters, whose job was to fertilize the eggs.
>
>The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't perform went into the
>soup pot and was replaced.
>
>That took an awful lot of his time so he bought a set of tiny bells and
>attached them to his roosters.
>
>Each bell had a different tone so John could tell from a distance, which
>rooster was performing.
>
>Now he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report simply by
>listening to the bells.
>
>The farmer's favorite rooster was old Butch, a very fine specimen he was,
>too. But on this particular morning John noticed old Butch's bell hadn't
>rung at all!
>
>John went to investigate.
>
>The other roosters were chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The pullets,
>hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover.
>
>But to Farmer John's amazement, Butch had his bell in his beak, so it
>couldn't ring.
>
>He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one.
>
>John was so proud of Butch, he entered him in the county fair and Butch
>became an overnight sensation among the judges.
>
>The result...
>
>The judges not only awarded Butch the "No Bell Piece Prize" but they also
>awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well.
>
>Clearly Butch was a politician in the making.
>
>Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most
>highly coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on
the
>populace and screwing them when they weren't looking.