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Butch the 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?
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?
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