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, Hussein, was a very fine specimen, but this morning
he noticed Hussein's bell hadn't rung at all! When he went to investigate,
he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing, but the
pullets, hearing the roosters coming, could run for cover. To John's
amazement, Hussein 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 Hussein, he entered him in the Renfrew County Fair and
he became an overnight sensation among the judges. The result was the judges
not only awarded Hussein the No Bell Piece Prize but they also awarded him
the Pulletsurprise as well. Clearly Hussein 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.