Old Butch
John was in the
fertilized egg business.
He had several hundred young layers (hens),
called 'pullets,' and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs.He
kept records, and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and
was replaced.This took a lot of time, so he bought some tiny
bells and attached them to his roosters.Each bell had a
different tone, so he could tell from a distance, which rooster was
performing.
Now, he could sit on the porch and fill out an
efficiency report by just listening to the bells.
John's favorite
rooster, old Butch, was a very fine specimen, but this morning he
noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all!
When he went to
investigate, he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets,
bells-a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run
for cover.
To 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 Saint Lawrence County Fair and he became an overnight
sensation among the judges.
The result was the judges not only
awarded old Butch the "No Bell Piece Prize," but they also 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 coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking
up on the unsuspecting populace and screwing them when they weren't
paying attention.
Vote carefully this fall, the bells are not
always
audible.
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