Subject: Post Tortoise


An elderly farmer was in the Emergency Ward having stitches put in his hand, due to
an accident with a piece of machinery. The doctor carrying out the
procedure 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, you know, most Politicians are 'Post
Tortoises'.''

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him, what a 'Post
Tortoise' was?

The old farmer said, "When you're driving down a country road and you
come across a fence post with a tortoise balanced on top, that's a
post tortoise."

The old farmer, seeing the puzzled look on the doctor's face,
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 jackass put him up there to begin with."

Best explanation I've heard yet.