longsidelandry
10-26-2009, 10:23 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, and 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 Boone 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 paying attention?
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, and 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 Boone 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 paying attention?