A pheasant was standing in a field chatting to a bull.
"I would love to be able to get to the top of yonder
tree", sighed the pheasant, "but I haven't got the
energy."  "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my
droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with
nutrients." The pheasant pecked at a lump of dung and
found that it actually gave him enough strength to
reach the first branch of the tree. The next day,
after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.
And so on.  Finally, after a fortnight, there he was
proudly perched at the top of the tree. Whereupon he was
spotted by a farmer who dashed into the farmhouse, emerged
with a shotgun, and shot the pheasant right out of
the tree.


MORAL OF THE STORY:
Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.