Farmer John lived on a quiet rural highway. But as time went by, the traffic slowly built up and became 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 local police station and said, “You’ve got to do something about all of these people driving so fast and killing my chickens.” “What do you want us to do?” asked the policeman. “I don’t care, just do something about those crazy drivers!” So the next day the policeman had the Main Road’s workers go out to erect a sign that said: SLOW:SCHOOL CROSSING Three days later Farmer John called the policeman 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 policeman sends out the Main Roads workers’ … Continue reading →