Prize Winning Rooster
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 paying attention