Farmer John lived on a quiet rural highway. But, as time went by, the
> traffic built up at an alarming rate. The traffic was so heavy and so fast
> that his chickens were being run over at a rate of three to six a day.
>
> So one day Farmer John called the sheriff's office and said, "You've got
> to do something about all of these people driving so fast and killing all
> of my chickens."
>
> "What do you want me to do?" asked the sheriff. "I don't care, just do
> something about those crazy drivers!"
>
> So the next day he had the county workers go out and erected a sign that
> said: SLOW: SCHOOL CROSSING
>
> Three days later Farmer John called the sheriff and said, "You've got to
> do something about these drivers. The 'school crossing' sign seems to make
> them go even faster."
>
> So, again, the sheriff sends out the county workers and they put up a
> new sign: SLOW: CHILDREN AT PLAY. That really sped them up.
>
> So Farmer John called and called and called every day for three weeks.
> Finally, he asked the sheriff, "Your signs are doing no good. Can I put up
> my own sign?"
>
> The sheriff told him, "Sure thing, put up your own sign." He was going
> to let Farmer John do just about anything in order to get him to stop
> calling every day to complain. The sheriff got no more calls from Farmer
> John.
>
> Three weeks later, curiosity got the best of the sheriff and he decided
> to give Farmer John a call. "How's the problem with those drivers. Did you
> put up your sign?" "Oh, I sure did. And not one chicken has been killed
> since then. I've got to go. I'm very busy." He hung up the phone.
>
> The sheriff was really curious now and he thought to himself "I'd better
> go out there and take a look at that sign... it might be something that WE
> could use to slow down drivers..." So the sheriff drove out to Farmer
> John's house, and his jaw dropped the moment he saw the sign. It was
> spray-painted on a sheet of wood:
>
> "NUDIST COLONY"
> *** Go slow and watch out for the chicks
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