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Farmer Ingenuity

Farmer John 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 Farmer John 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 crazy drivers!" So the next day he had the
county workers go out and erected a sign that said:

SLOW:

SCHOOL CROSSING

Three days later Farmer John 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 sends out the
county workers and they put up a new sign:

SLOW:

CHILDREN AT PLAY

That really sped them up. So Farmer John called and
called and called every day for three weeks. Finally,
he asked the sheriff, "Your signs are doing no good.
Can I put up my own sign?" The sheriff told him,
"Sure thing, put up your own sign." He was going to
let the Farmer John do just about anything in order to
get him to stop calling everyday to complain. The
sheriff got no more calls from Farmer John.

Three weeks later, curiosity go the best of the
sheriff and he decided to give Farmer John 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 John's house, and his jaw dropped the moment
he saw the sign. It was spray-painted on a sheet of
wood:

NUDIST COLONY

Go slow and watch out for the chicks!