John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He had several
hundred young (hens) layers, 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 sets 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. So, now he
could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report simply by
listening to the bells.

The farmers 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 proceed to the next one.

John was so proud of Butch, he entered him in the county fair, where
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.

Clearly Butch was a Politician in the making. Who else 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?

Funny .