Amish Traffic SolutionThis Amish farmer lived on a quiet rural road in Lancaster County, Pa. But, as time went by, the traffic slowly built up at an alarming rate. The traffic was 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 Amos ) called the Sheriff's Office and said, "You've got to do some'ting about all of deese people driving so fast they is killing all of my chickens." ( Remember Amish Farmers only have Phone Booths at the enterance of the Lane to their Farm. - They aren't allowed by their Religion and the Bishop to have them in the house.) "What do you want me to do?" asked the Sheriff. "I don't care, just do some'ting about deese crazy drivers!" So the next day he had the County Workers go out and erected a sign that said: | ---------------------SLOW-------------------------- --------- "SCHOOL CROSSING ------------- |
Three days later Amos called the Sheriff back and said, "You've got to do some'ting about deese drivers. Dee " School Crossing " sign zeems to make dem go even faster." So, again, the Sheriff sends out the County Workers and they put up a new sign: | ----------------------SLOW----------------------------: ---------- "CHILDREN AT PLAY" --------------- |
That really sped them up. So Amos is all upset and called and called and called every day for three weeks. Finally, he gets the Sheriff, " Your signs aren't doing no good. Can I put up my own sign ? "The sheriff told him, "Sure thing, put up your own sign." He was willing to let Amos do just about anything in order to get him to stop calling everyday to complain. The Sheriff got no more calls from Amos. Three weeks later, curiosity got the best of the Sheriff and he decided to call Amos " How's the problem with those drivers. Did you put up your sign?" " Oh, I sure did. And not one chicken has been killed since deen. Got to go. I'm very busy." - He hung up the phone. The Sheriff was really curious now and he thought to himself, "I'd better go out there and take a look at that sign... it might be something that WE could use to slow down drivers..." So the Sheriff drove out to Amos's farm, and his jaw dropped the moment he saw the sign. It was spray-painted on a sheet of wood: | NUDIST COLONY Go Slow and Watch Out for the Chicks! |
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