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Politicians and Chickens


Kip Powick

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John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred

young layers (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 farmer's favorite rooster was old Harmarton, a very fine specimen he was

too. But on this particular morning John noticed old Harmarton’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, Harmarton 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 Harmarton, he entered him in the county fair and Harmarton

became an overnight sensation among the judges. The result... The judges not

only awarded Harmarton the "No Bell Piece Prize" but they also awarded him the

"Pulletsurprise" as well.

Clearly Harmarton 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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