[Rhodes22-list] Joke -- Old Butch -- Sorry if you've seen it already

[Steven Alm]

Groan!

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> That was great, Bill!!
>
> On 6/3/08, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> >
> > OLD BUTCH
> >
> > 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 this year...the bells are not always audible!
> >
> >
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