[Buddha-l] Old Butch

[JKirkpatrick]

and not a Buddhist in the crowd~~~~~~~~~
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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.