When I could stop laughing I printed this and took it to my neighbor, a
farmer with chickens.  I'm still chucking.







on 4/9/04 12:32 AM, Ruth Barton at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> This is about as far off topic as you can get but I just couldn't resist.
> I got it from an Alzheimer's Disease list so it was off topic there too.
> Ruth
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> RALPH THE ROOSTER
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> A farmer has about 500 hens, but no rooster, and he wants chicks. So, he
> goes down the road to the next farmer and asks if he has a rooster that he
> would sell.
>
> The other farmer says, "Yep, I've got this great rooster, named Ralph.
> He'll service every chicken you got, no problem."
>
> Well, Ralph the rooster costs $3,000, a lot of money, but the farmer
> decides he'd be worth it. So, he buys Ralph
>
> The farmer takes Ralph home and sets him down in the barnyard, but first he
> gave the rooster a pep talk. "I want you to pace yourself now. You've got a
> lot of chickens to service here, and you cost me a lot of money."
>
> Consequently, I'll need you to do a good job. So, take your time and have
> some fun," the farmer said, with a chuckle.
>
> Ralph seems to understand, so the farmer points toward the hen house and
> Ralph takes off like a shot.
>
> WHAM! Ralph nails every hen in the hen house - three or four times, and the
> farmer is really shocked.
>
> After that, the farmer hears a commotion in the duck pen and, sure enough,
> Ralph is in there.
>
> Later, the farmer sees Ralph after a flock of geese down by the lake. Once
> again - WHAM! He gets all the geese. By sunset he sees Ralph out in the
> fields chasing quail and pheasants.
>
> The farmer is distraught and worried that his expensive rooster won't even
> last 24 hours. Sure enough, the farmer goes to bed and wakes up the next
> morning to find Ralph on his back out in the middle of the yard, mouth
> open, tongue hanging out and both feet sticking straight up in the air.
> Buzzards are circling overhead.
>
> The farmer, saddened by the loss of such a colorful and expensive animal,
> shakes his head and says, "Oh, Ralph, I told you to pace yourself. I tried
> to get you to slow down, now look what you've done to yourself."
>
> Ralph opens one eye, nods toward the buzzards circling in the sky and says,
> "Shhhh! They're getting closer."
>
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> Ruth Barton
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> Dummerston, VT
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