FARMER JOKE

[Guest guest]

A farmer lived on a quiet rural highway. But, as time

went by, the traffic

slowly 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 he 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, just do something about those

drivers. "

So the next day he had the county go out and put up a

sign that said:

SLOW: SCHOOL CROSSING.

Three days later the farmer called the sheriff and

said, " You've got to do

something about these drivers. The 'school crossing'

sign seems to

make them go faster. " So, again, the sheriff sends

out the county and

they put up a new sign:

SLOW: CHILDREN AT PLAY.

And that really sped them up. So the farmer called

and called and

called everyday for three weeks. Finally, he asked

the sheriff, " Your

signs are doing no good. Is it all right for me to

put up my own sign? "

The sheriff told him, " Sure thing, put up your own

sign. " He was going to let the farmer do just

about anything in order to have him stop calling.

Well, the sheriff got no more calls from the

farmer.

Three weeks after the farmers last call, the sheriff

decided to call him. " 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. "

And he hung up the phone. The sheriff thought to

himself, " I'd better go to that farmer's house

and look at that sign... There might be something

there that WE could use to slow down

drivers... "

So the sheriff drove out to the farmer's house, and

he saw the sign. It was a whole sheet of

plywood. And written in large yellow letters were the

words:

SLOW: NUDIST COLONY.

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