Slow Down!

Farmer John lived on a quiet rural highway. But, as time went by the
traffic 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 every day 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"