No, it's by someone much cleverer than I am - Jerrold Zar.
First published in The Journal of Irreproducible Results, January/February 1994, page 13. Reprinted ("by popular demand") in The Journal of Irreproducible Results, Vol. 45, No. 5/6, 2000, page 20. See www.jir.com/pullet.html. Reproduced with permission.