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>
> Sarah was in the fertilized egg business. She had several hundred
> young pullets and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs.
>
> She kept records and any rooster not performing
> went into the soup pot and was replaced.
>
> This took a lot of time, so she bought some tiny
> bells and attached them to her roosters.
> Each bell had a different tone, so she could
> tell from a distance which rooster was performing.
> Now, she could sit on the porch and fill out an
> efficiency report by just listening to the bells.
>
> Sarah's favorite rooster, old Butch,
> was a very fine specimen but, this morning
> she noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all!
> When she went to investigate, she saw the other
> roosters were busy chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing,
> but the pullets hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover.
>
> To Sarah'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.
>
> Sarah was so proud of old Butch,
> she entered him in a Show and he
> became an overnight sensation among the judges.
>
> The result was the judges not only a
> warded old Butch the "No Bell Peace Prize"
> 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 coveted awards
> on our planet by being the best at sneaking
> up on the unsuspecting populace and
> screwing them when they weren't paying attention?