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Most everyone knows the recent history of Rooster Perdue and his Lies and Whoppers... Perdue the rooster... 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 Perdue, and a very fine specimen he was, too. But on this particular morning John noticed
Perdue’s bell hadn’t rung at all.
John went to investigate. He saw, the other roosters were chasing pullets, with their bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing
the roosters coming, would run for cover.
But, to Farmer John’s amazement, he saw Perdue 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 Perdue, he entered him in a state fair sponsored by a Metro chamber of commerce, and Perdue
became a sensation with the judges.
There were two stages in the competition for best rooster, but Perdue won both. The result was that the judges not only
awarded Perdue the "No Bell Piece Prize" but they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well. To this day, these judges still bragg
about their influence with such a smart Rooster.
Clearly Perdue was an eminent politician, for he was the only rooster in the competitions who could figure out how to win
two highly coveted awards by being the best at sneaking up on the populace and screwing them.
The rest, as they say, is history...but the Real punch line comes in November 2006 when the voters say..."That's All, Folks!"
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