Here is a little story as the US goes to the polls tomorrow. After two years of campaigning I am relieved it will be all over and we and the rest of the world can get on with our lives! Turn up your volume and enjoy!... John was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers(hens), called 'pullets',and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. He kept records and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced. This took a lot of time,so he bought some tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each bell had a different tone so he could tell from a distance which rooster was performing. Now he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report by just listening to the bells. John's favorite rooster,old Butch,was a very fine specimen,but this morning he noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all! When he went to investigate he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets,bells-a-ringing. To 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 that he entered him in the local County Fair and he became an overnight sensation among the judges. The result was 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 this year my American friends. The bells are not always audible. gws
