Autzoo.1247
net.jokes
utzoo!laura
Mon Jan  4 17:38:05 1982
three roosters?
	A farmer, worried about the low egg production from his hens, decided
to invest in a new, more virile rooster.  When the young one arrived, he
immediatety raced to the elder one, prepared to tear him to shreads.  The
elder one was most distressed about this, and protested to the yonger one.
The violence, he maintained, was senseless.  The loser of the contest would
most likely die, while the victor would be bloody and sore for a long time.
There were even cases where both opponents had died.  In lieu of this fighting,
proposed the old one, why not have a race.  Surely that could be used to
determine mastery of the chicken yard.
	The young rooster, who was not eager to be maimed for life, saw the
wisdom in his words, and agreed.  The elder rooster proposed three times 
around the barn would be a suitable length for the race.  Both roosters 
agreed that if they lost they would depart peacefully.  The elder rooster
had one more condition:  since the other was so much younger than he, he
wanted 1/2 the length of the barn as a head start.  
	The younger rooster thought about that, but feeling confident,
(cocky, you might say) he agreed to the final condition.  And so the race
began. 
	After once around the barn, the old rooster was only slightly ahead
of the younger one, who was gaining fast.  The second time around, the old
rooster was huffing and puffing but still was ahead of the younger one. But
when they were almost three times around the young rooster made a move to
the outside and was just passing the old rooster when there was a tremendous
BANG!!!!  Down dropped the young rooster --- dead.  
	The farmer, holding a still smoking shotgun, shook his head as he
walked to the chicken yard.  "I just dont understand it."  he muttered. "I
bought three roosters this week....every one of them gay!"
	
					Laura Creighton
					decvax!utzoo!laura

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