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03-20-09, 02:21 PM
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 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.
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 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.