Trevor the farmer was in the
fertilized egg business. He had
several hundred young layers (hens),
called 'pullets' and eight or ten
roosters, to fertilize the pullets'
eggs.
Trevor
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 Trevor 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
Eric, and a very fine specimen he was
too, but on this particular morning
Trevor noticed Eric's bell hadn't rung
at all!
Trevor 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 Trevor's
amazement, Eric 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.
Trevor was so proud of Eric, he
entered him into the Fraser
Valley Exhibition and Eric became an
overnight sensation among the judges.
The Result?
The judges not only awarded Eric the
No Bell Piece Prize but they also
awarded him the Pullet surprise as
well.
Clearly Eric 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.
Do you know a Politician called Eric?