John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He
had several hundred young egg-laying 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 farmers 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
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?
