John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers
(hens, called pullets) and eight or ten roosters, whose job was to fertilize the eggs.
The farmer 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 John 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
old Butch, a very fine specimen he was too. But on this particular morning John noticed
old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all! John 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 John's amazement, 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 Butch, he entered him in the county fair and Butch became an
overnight sensation among the judges. The result...The judges not only awarded Butch
the "No Bell Piece Prize" but they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as
well.... Clearly 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.