Chickens

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 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 Go slow and watch out for the chicks!