> Old
> Butch
> John was in the fertilized egg
> business.
> He
> had several hundred young layers (hens), called
> '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.
> John'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, could run for
> cover.
> To 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 was 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 next year, the bells are not always
> audible.--
>
>
> Old
> Butch
> John was in the fertilized egg
> business.
> He
> had several hundred young layers (hens), called
> '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.
> John'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, could run for
> cover.
> To 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 was 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 next year, the bells are not always
> audible.--
>
>
