> While suturing a laceration on the hand of a 70-year-old
Massachusetts
> farmer whose hand had been caught in a fence while working his
> livestock, a doctor and the farmer were talking about Senator John
Kerry
> possibly being in the White House one day as the President of the
United
> States.
>
> The farmer said, "Well, you know, that Mr. Kerry is what we farmers
call
> a 'post turtle'."
> Not knowing what the farmer meant, the doctor asked him what a post
> turtle was.
>
> The farmer said, "You know. 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 farmer saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued
to
> explain, "You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong
> there, he can't get anything done while he's up there and you just
want
> to help the poor dumb bastard to get down so he can just crawl away!"