[BITList] Election time--POST TURTLES

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    POST TURTLES

               While stitching a cut on the hand of a 75 year old
    farmer, whose
    hand was caught in the squeeze gate while working cattle, the
    doctor struck up a conversation with the old man.

    Eventually the topic got around to politicians and their role as
    our leaders.

               The old farmer said, "Well, as I see it, most politicians are
    'Post Turtles'.''

               Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a
    'post turtle' was.
               The old farmer said, "When you're driving down a country
    road and
    you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's
    a post turtle."

               The old farmer saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face
    so he
    continued to explain. "You know he didn't get up there by himself,
    he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he's
    up there, he's elevated beyond his ability to function, and you
    just wonder what kind of dumb arse put him up there to begin
    with."

               Best explanation of a politician I've ever heard!


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