Gordon the Chicken
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 Gordon, and a very fine
specimen he was too, but on this particular morning Trevor noticed
Gordon'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, Gordon 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 Gordon, he entered him into the London Exhibition,and Gordon
became an overnight sensation among the judges.
The Result? The judges not only awarded Gordon the *No Bell Piece
Prize* but they also awarded him the *Pullet surprise* as well.
Clearly Gordon 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 nothing other than being the best at sneaking up
on the populace and screwing them when they weren't paying attention.
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 Gordon, and a very fine
specimen he was too, but on this particular morning Trevor noticed
Gordon'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, Gordon 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 Gordon, he entered him into the London Exhibition,and Gordon
became an overnight sensation among the judges.
The Result? The judges not only awarded Gordon the *No Bell Piece
Prize* but they also awarded him the *Pullet surprise* as well.
Clearly Gordon 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 nothing other than being the best at sneaking up
on the populace and screwing them when they weren't paying attention.
