heycods
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Subject: Egg Business<br /><br /><br /> John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He had several <br /><br /> hundred young layers (hens, called pullets) and eight or ten roosters <br /><br /> whose job was to fertilize the eggs.<br /><br /><br /> The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't perform went into <br /><br /> the soup pot and was replaced. That took an awful lot of his time so <br /><br /> he bought a set of tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each <br /><br /> bell had a different tone so John could tell from a distance which <br /><br /> rooster was performing. Now he could sit on the porch and fill out an <br /><br /> efficiency report<br /><br /> simply by listening to the bells.<br /><br /><br /> The farmer's favorite rooster was old Butch, a very fine specimen he <br /><br /> was, too. But on this particular morning John noticed old Butch's bell <br /><br /> hadn't rung at all! John went to investigate. The other roosters were <br /><br /> chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing the roosters <br /><br /> coming, would run for cover. But to Farmer John's amazement, Butch had <br /><br /> his bell in his beak so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, <br /><br /> do his job, and walk on to the next one.<br /><br /><br /> John was so proud of Butch he entered him in the county fair, and <br /><br /> Butch became an overnight sensation among the judges.<br /><br /><br /> The result...The judges not only awarded Butch the "No Bell Piece <br /><br /> Prize"<br /><br /> but<br /><br /> they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well.<br /><br /><br /> Clearly Butch was a politician in the making. Who else but a <br /><br /> politician could figure out how to win two of the most highly coveted <br /><br /> awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populace <br /><br /> and $crewing them when they weren't paying attention?
