Traffic Sign

"Mule Division"

A Missouri farmer passed away and left 17 mules
to his three sons. The instructions left in the will
said that the oldest boy was to get one-half, the
second oldest one-third, and the youngest one-
ninth.

The three sons, seeing the difficulty of dividing
17 mules into these fractions, began to argue.

The uncle heard about the argument, hitched up
his mule, and drove out to settle the matter. He
added his mule to the 17, making 18. The eldest
son then got one-half, or nine. The second eldest
got one-third, or six. And the youngest got one-ninth,
or two. Adding up 9, 6 and 2 equals 17.

The uncle hitched up his mule and drove home.

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"Traffic Sign"

A farmer lived on a quiet rural highway. But a new
expressway bypass meant an alarming increase
in traffic. In fact, it was so heavy and so fast that his
chickens were being run over at a rate of three a day.

So he called the sheriff's office and said, "You've
got to do something about these people driving
so fast and killing all of my chickens."

So the next day the sheriff went out and put up a sign
that read: SLOW: SCHOOL CROSSING

Three days later the farmer called again and said,
"You've got to do something about these drivers. The
School Crossing sign seems to make them go faster."

So, again, the sheriff went out and put up a new sign:
SLOW: CHILDREN AT PLAY

No good. So the farmer calls again...and again,
everyday for three weeks, but the sheriff just doesn't
have time to put up signs every week. Finally, the
telephone calls stop and the sheriff becomes very
curious.

So he drives out to the farmer's house, and there
on the edge of the road he sees a new sign. It's a
whole sheet of plywood. And written in large yellow
letters are the words: SLOW: NUDIST COLONY
Received on Mon Nov 13 01:31:05 2006