85vette
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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 (for you city
> >folks).
> >
> >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 favourite rooster was old Butch and 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 would 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 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.
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> >He had several hundred young layers (hens), called "pullets", and ten
> >roosters, whose job it was to fertilize the eggs (for you city
> >folks).
> >
> >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 favourite rooster was old Butch and 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 would 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 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.
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