One Smart Farmer...

[Guest guest]

Farmer 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 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, " said Farmer . " Just do something about these crazy

drivers! "

So the next day, the county workers erected a sign that said

SLOW: SCHOOL CROSSING.

Three days later Farmer 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 sent out the county workers and they put up a new

sign:

SLOW: CHILDREN AT PLAY.

But that sped the drivers up even more!

So Farmer kept calling, and the sheriff kept changing the signs.

Finally, Farmer said to the sheriff, " Your signs are doing no good.

Can I put up my own sign? "

The sheriff was ready to let Farmer do just about anything if it

would get him to stop calling every day. He said, " Sure thing, put up whatever

you want. "

And after that, the sheriff got no more calls from Farmer .

Three weeks later, the sheriff's curiosity got the best him and he decided

to give Farmer 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 's house, and his jaw nearly hit

the floor at what he saw. There, painted neatly on a sheet of plywood was Farmer

's sign:

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