Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 15:24:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Hot Tempest
Subject: BLAGUES-L: Chicken Soup

From:	"J.H. Charles A. Gagnon"
>From: "Doug Norman"
>Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 19:19:14 -0400

 Subject: Chicken soup
 
 
 An old farmer decided it was time to get a new rooster for his hens. The
 current rooster was still doing an okay job, but he was getting on in
 years. And the farmer figured getting a new rooster couldn't hurt
 anything. So he buys a young cock from the local rooster emporium, and
 turns him loose in the barn yard.
 
 Well, the old rooster sees the young one strutting around and he gets a
 little worried. So, they're trying to replace me, thinks the old
 rooster. I've got to do something about this. He walks up to the new
 bird and says,
 
 "So you're the new stud in town? I bet you really think you're hot
 stuff, don't you? Well I'm not ready for the chopping block yet. I'll
 bet I'm still the better bird. And to prove it, I challenge you to a
 race around that hen house over there. We'll run around it ten times
 and whoever finish's first gets to have all the hens for himself."
 
 Well, the young rooster was a proud sort, and he definitely thought he
 was more than a match for the old guy. "You're on," said the young
 rooster.
 
 "And since I know I'm so great, I'll even give you a head start of half
 a lap. I'll still win easy," said the young rooster.
 
 So the two roosters go over to the hen house to start the race with all
 the hens gathering around to watch. The race begins and all the hens
 start cheering the roosters on. After the first lap, the old  rooster is
 still  maintaining his lead. After the second lap, the old guy's lead
 has slipped a little but he's still hanging in there.  Unfortunately the
 old rooster's lead continues to slip each time around, and by the fifth
 lap he's just barely in front of the young rooster.
 
 By now the farmer has heard all the commotion. He runs into the house,
 gets his shotgun, and runs out to the barn yard figuring a fox or
 something is after his chickens. When he gets there, he sees the two
 roosters running around the hen house, with the old rooster still
 slightly in the lead. He immediately takes his shotgun, aims, fires,
 and blows the young rooster away.
 
 As he walks away slowly, he says to himself ........
 
 "Damn, that's the third gay rooster I've bought this month."