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Pastimes : Jokes
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To: Vanni Resta who wrote ()10/31/1999 11:20:00 PM
From: Karin   of 2733
 
Opened up a hornet's nest??
Sorry!

The Chicken Ranch -
My uncle was in the fertilized egg business when I was
young. He had several hundred young layers, called pullets,
and 8 or 10 roosters whose job was to fertilize the eggs.
My uncle kept records and any rooster or pullet that didn't
perform well went into the pot and was replaced. Now this
took an awful lot of time. So when my uncle saw a set of
eight tiny bells that each rang a different tone he
promptly bought them.

He glued a piece of foam rubber to each clapper shaft
so the bell wouldn't ring except when violently shaken.
He hung a bell on each rooster's neck and went and
mixed a Mint Julep. Now he could sit on the porch and
sip while filling out an efficiency report on the
roosters by listening to the different tones of the
bells and marking down each encounter. My uncle's
favorite rooster was old Brewster. Brewster was a fine
specimen, but his bell didn't ring all morning. Uncle
went to investigate.

Several roosters were chasing pullets, bells a-ringing.
Brewster 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. Chagrined at first, Uncle was soon so proud
of Brewster he entered him in the county fair.

Brewster was an overnight sensation. They not only
awarded him the No Bell prize but also the Pullet
Surprise.
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