John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business.
He had several hundred young layers (hens), called pullets
and eight or ten roosters, whose job was to fertilize
the eggs.

The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't
perform went into the soup pot and was replaced.
That took an awful lot of his time so he bought a set
of tiny bells and attached them to his roosters.
Each bell had a different tone so John could tell
from a distance, which rooster was performing. Now he could
sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report
simply by listening to the bells.

The farmer's favourite rooster was old Butch, a very
fine specimen he was, too. But on this particular morning
John noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all!

John went to investigate. The other roosters were
chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing
the roosters coming , would run for cover.
But to Farmer John's amazement, Butch had his bell in
his beak, so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet,
do his job and walk on to the next one.

John was so proud of Butch, he entered him in the
county fair and Butch became an overnight sensation among the
judges. The result...The judges not only awarded Butch the
"No Bell Piece Prize" but they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as
well.

Clearly Butch was a politician in the making. Who
else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the
most highly coveted awards on our planet by being the
best at sneaking up on the populace and screwing them
when they weren't paying attention?