trailsend
05-07-2008, 09:54 AM
> John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He had several
>hundred young layers (hens), called "pullets", and ten roosters, whose
>job it 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, old 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 old Butch, he entered him in the Renfrew
>County Fair and he became an overnight sensation among the judges.
>
>The result...The judges not only awarded old Butch the No Bell Piece Prize
>but they awarded him the Pulletsurprise as well.
>
>Clearly old 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 paying attention.
>
>Vote carefully this year...the bells are not always audible.
>hundred young layers (hens), called "pullets", and ten roosters, whose
>job it 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, old 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 old Butch, he entered him in the Renfrew
>County Fair and he became an overnight sensation among the judges.
>
>The result...The judges not only awarded old Butch the No Bell Piece Prize
>but they awarded him the Pulletsurprise as well.
>
>Clearly old 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 paying attention.
>
>Vote carefully this year...the bells are not always audible.