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
might sell. "Yep, I've got this really great rooster named Ralph," says the
other farmer. "he'll service every chicken you got, no problem."
Well, Ralph the Rooster costs $3000. But the first farmer decides that
he's worth it so he buys Ralph.
Farmer no 1. takes Ralph home and sets him down in the barnyard. He
decides to give his rooster a pep talk. "You really need to pace yourself,
because you have a lot of chickens to service here, and besides that, you
cost me a lot of money." "Consequently, I'll need you to do a really good
job, so take your time and have some fun," the farmer chuckled.
Ralph seemed 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.
Boy, the farmer is really shocked. After that, the farmer hears a commotion
in the duck pen and sure enough, Ralph is there. Later, the farmer sees
Ralph after a flock of geese down by the lake. Once again - WHAM! ole Ralph
gets all the geese. By sunset he sees Ralph out in the fields chasing quail
and pheasants. The farmer is now very distraught and worried that his
expensive rooster won't even last 24 hours.
When the farmer wakes up the next morning, he finds Ralph on his back out
in the middle of the yard. His mouth is open, tongue is hanging out and
both feet sticking straight up in the air. Buzzards are circling overhead.
The farmer is saddened by the loss of such a colorful and expensive
animal just 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, "Shhhhh! They're getting closer."



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