Subject: 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 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 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 …the bells are not always audible!
….Jack thank you so much, this is great. Jack’s blog is Conservative Insurgent.
To hell with the soup, look at the Cape on that rooster. Those are premium feathers perfect for Tying dry fly’s. The feathers are short and stiff and when applied to the neck of a fly they float high on the water imitating a Mayfly hatch. That kind of Hackle can bring anywhere from 80 to 150 bucks for a full cape.
They have the whole bird divided up into what kind of fly you can tie from what part of the bird the feathers come from. The cape being the premium part and is much more expensive that than the rest.
Once you get past the cape you get into the area where the feathers are longer and lose stiffness these are perfect to make wet fly’s … Ah enough of this, how long is it til Spring.
I can’t wait for the Hillary Clinton version of this story, “Old Bitch”.
Mark, Hahahahahahahhaa
It didn’t come with a picture so I looked for on in google.
Thank you so much for explaining about the rooster. I never knew any of that, and it is really interesting. wow!
Les, LOL her life’s story, the old bitch.