Farmer John

 

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 got 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


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