One Smart Farmer

Farmer John lived on a quiet rural highway. But, as time went by, thetraffic built up at an alarming rate.The traffic was so heavy and so fast that his chickens were being run overat a rate of three to six a day.So one day Farmer John called the sheriff's office and said,
"You've got todo something about all of these people driving so fast and killing all of mychickens."
"*What do you want me to do?*" asked the sheriff.
"I don't care," said Farmer John. "Just do something about these crazydrivers!"
So the next day, the county workers erected a sign that said
*SLOW: SCHOOL CROSSING.
Three days later Farmer John called the sheriff and said,
"You've got to dosomething about these drivers. The 'school crossing' sign seems to make themgo even faster."
So, again, the sheriff sent out the county workers and they put up a newsign:
*SLOW: CHILDREN AT PLAY.
But that sped the drivers up evenmore!So Farmer John kept calling, and the sheriff kept changing the signs.Finally, Farmer John said to the sheriff,
"Your signs are doing no good. CanI put up my own sign?"
The sheriff was ready to let Farmer John do just about anything if it wouldget him to stop calling every day. He said,
"Sure thing, put up whatever youwant."
And after that, the sheriff got no more calls from Farmer John.Three weeks later, the sheriff's curiosity got the best him and he decidedto give Farmer John a call.
"How's the problem with those drivers? Did youput up your sign?"
"Oh, I sure did. And not one chicken has been killed since then. I've got togo. I'm very busy."
He hung up the phone.The sheriff was really curious now and he thought to himself
"I'd better goout there and take a look at that sign... It might be something that WEcould use to slow down drivers..."
So the sheriff drove out to Farmer John's house, and his jaw nearly hit thefloor at what he saw. There, painted neatly on a sheet of plywood was FarmerJohn's sign:

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