Post by 2medicinewoman on Aug 23, 2014 16:20:13 GMT -6
Fred was in the fertilized egg business.
> He had several hundred young '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.
>
> Fred'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 Fred'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.
>
> Fred was so proud of old Butch,
> he entered him in the Brisbane City Show 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 "Pullet surprise" 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 in the next election, you can't always hear the bells.
> He had several hundred young '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.
>
> Fred'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 Fred'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.
>
> Fred was so proud of old Butch,
> he entered him in the Brisbane City Show 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 "Pullet surprise" 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 in the next election, you can't always hear the bells.
