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Hal Swenson, a farmer, has about 200 hens, but no rooster, and he wants chicks.
So, he goes down the road to a neighboring farmer and asks if he has a rooster
he might wish to sell.

The other farmer says, "Yeah, I've got this great rooster, named Randy. He will
service every chicken you got. No problem."

Well, Randy the rooster costs a lot of money, but Hal decides he'd be worth it.
So, he buys Randy.

Hal takes Randy home and sets him down in the barnyard. First, he decides to
give the rooster a pep talk: "Randy, I want you to pace yourself now. You've got
a lot of chickens to service here, and you cost me lots of money. Consequently,
I'll need you to do a good job. So take your time and have some fun," said Hal,
with a chuckle.

Randy seemed to understand, so Hal points toward the hen house, and Randy
took off like a shot. - WHAM! - Randy nails every hen in the hen house - three
or four times, and Hal is really shocked.

A short while later, Hal hears a commotion in the duck pen, and sure enough,
Randy is in there. Later, he sees Randy after flock of geese, down by the lake.
Once again - WHAM! Randy gets all the geese.

By sunset he sees Randy out in the fields chasing quail and pheasants. Hal is
now somewhat distraught - worried that his expensive rooster won't even last
24 hours.

Sure enough, Hal goes to bed and wakes up the next day, to find Randy dead as
a doorknob - stone cold in the middle of the yard. Buzzards are circling overhead.

Hal, saddend by the loss of such a colorful and expensive animal, shakes his head
and says, "Oh, Randy, I told you to pace yourself. I tried to get you to slow down,
now look what you've done to yourself."

Randy opens one eye, nods toward the buzzards circling in the sky and says,
"Shhh! They're getting close."