Aunc.1654 net.jokes.q utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!wm Thu Jan 7 12:30:56 1982 more rooster jokes Faced with declining chicken production rate, the farmer decided to buy a new rooster. Now the local rooster salesman had a rooster which he said was guaranteed to knock up every chicken the farmer had, and then some, so the farmer bought it and set it loose in the barnyard. Well sure enough, the rooster raced around the yard, taking care of every chicken in sight, and when he had finished with the chickens, he started on the hogs and the cows. Shaking his head, the farmer thought to himself that he would be lucky if his new rooster would live out the day. Sure enough, later that evening the farmer went out to his field and saw the rooster laying on his back motionless with vultures circling overhead. "By golly!" the farmer exclaimed, and decided to go fetch that rooster before the vultures got him and take him back to the salesman and demand a refund. So he marched up to the rooster as the vultures were circling closer and closer, but before he could pick the animal up, the rooster cocked his head, winked, and said "shhhh!" ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.