– appropriate timing in light of the recent events.



John's Egg Business

 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, but the pullets, hearing the roosters coming, could run 
for cover.
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, 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 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 next year, the bells are not always audible.