THE CHICKEN BUSINESS

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THE CHICKEN BUSINESS

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 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 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...the bells are not always audible

[Nagishkaw 510]

Good one.