Re: A few to make you laugh

[Jim Davis <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday, April 24, 2020 at 5:35:23 PM UTC-4, RTS wrote:
> On 4/24/2020 2:18 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
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> > John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hund=
red
> > young layers (hens), called "pullets" & 10 roosters, whose job it was t=
o
> > fertilize the eggs.
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> > The farmer kept records & any rooster that didn't perform went into the
> > soup pot & was replaced. That took an awful lot of his time, so he boug=
ht
> > a set of tiny bells & attached them to his roosters.
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> > Each bell had a different tone so John could tell from a distance which
> > rooster was performing. Now he could sit on the porch & fill out an
> > efficiency report simply by listening to the bells. The farmer's favori=
te
> > rooster was old Butch, and a very fine specimen he was, too. But on thi=
s
> > particular morning John noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all. Jo=
hn
> > went to investigate.
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> > The other roosters were chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The pullets,
> > hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover.
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> > 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 & walk on to the n=
ext
> > one.
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> > John was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the Renfrew County Fa=
ir and
> > he became an overnight sensation among the judges. The result was that =
the
> > judges not only awarded old Butch the "No Bell Piece Prize", but they a=
lso
> > awarded him the Pulletsurprise as well.
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> > Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making: who else but a politi=
cian could figure out how to win two of the most highly coveted awards on o=
ur planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populace and screwing the=
m when they weren't paying attention.
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> >   Vote carefully; Sometimes the politicians keep the bells quiet.
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> Butch sound like a couple of ole pollies we have around here....
> Kentucky that isss...
> Down out west that isss...
> over in the ccoorrtt house that isss....
> Yalll be ccaarree ful you hereee...
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> *Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.*

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