As the story goes, Coolidge and his wife were touring a farm, guided separately by the resident farmer. As the farmer was showing Mrs. Coolidge around the barnyard, a rooster mounted a hen. The farmer was a little flustered by the display and, in an effort to ease his embarrassment by acknowledging the obvious, Mrs. Coolidge decided to ask a technical question: “How often does the rooster mate?” “Dozens of times a day,” the farmer replied. Mrs. Coolidge smiled, and said, “Tell that to the president.” When the farmer took the president through the barnyard, and spotted the rooster, he dutifully
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