Mark, a traveling salesman, is exhausted from going door to door all day. He sees a house up ahead and walks up to the farm house.
The farmer, Joe, answers the door, "I'm not buying anything but I could put you up for one night, however, you'll have to sleep in the barn."
Mark graciously spends the night there and the next morning the farmer comes in, and says, "Were you comfortable?"
Mark says, "I had a great time; I talked to all your animals."
Joe, surprised, says, "You talked to the animals?"
"Yeah I spoke to the chickens, they say you collect the eggs every morning exactly at five minutes after six."
Joe says, "That's exactly right."
Mark says, "The horse tells me his name is Otis, you've owned him for 10 years."
Joe exclaims, "That's incredible!"
Mark continues, "I spoke to the cow, the cow says that her name is Elsie and you milk her every morning at exactly 8:30. Then I spoke to the sheep..."
Joe yells, "Those sheep are lying!"
