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 Casey 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 this year, the bells are not always audible.
