Farmer John lived on a quiet rural highway. 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 John called the sheriff's office and said, "You've
got to do something about all of these people driving so fast and
killing all of my chickens."
 
"What do you want me to do?" asked the sheriff.
 
"I don't care, just do something about those 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 Farmer John called the sheriff and said, "You've
got to do something about these drivers. The 'school crossing' sign
seems to make them 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 Farmer John called and called and
called every day for three weeks. Finally, he asked the sheriff, "Your
signs are doing no good. Can I put up my own sign?"
 
The sheriff told him, "Sure thing, put up your own sign." He was
going to let the Farmer John do just about anything in order to get
him to stop calling everyday to complain.
 
The sheriff got no more calls from Farmer John. Three weeks later,
curiosity got the best of the sheriff and he decided to give Farmer
John a call. "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 then.
I've 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 Farmer John's house, 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