In article <qo30049qps9v0hl9i1eosqcrubvaampv55@4ax.com>,
::darkshadows:: <blood@thirsty.net> wrote:
> OLD BUTCH
>
> and what he tells us about the election
>
> 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.
>
> 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, 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...The judges not only awarded old Butch the No Bell Piece
> Prize but they 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...the bells are not always audible!
Ha!
For whom the bell... need a lot of tolls to drive this one home.
Donut ;-)
--
"Donut make your brown eyes blue..."
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