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Harvest Crime
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Harvest Crime |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
A rumor in the garden had begun to spread like weeds that one group of inhabitants had done an evil deed. " The spices must be innocent " all of the veggies chimed . " for ev'rybody knows that they are sage before they're thyme " The corn said " Wait a minute here , don't point your roots at me , it wasn't us who did this thing 'cause we're all ears you see " " Not us " the rhubarb squawked as one ," in this we played no part , you talk about us all the time , and call us names like " tart "." The peas denied involvement ( which of course did not seem odd ) they always stick together , well , like peas do in a pod . The carrots were indignant that this nonsense had to stop . Despite their bright orange pigment they 'bout blew their little tops The leafy crops with rancor stated from their well mulched beds " Why don't you just lettuce alone and ask the beets instead ? " And so it went all summer long , none would confess the crime . They bickered and they argued right up to the harvest time . And not until ol' farmer Brown did grab his trusty hoe , was it discovered underground was where the fiends did go . 'twas they who saw ol' Granny Brown with nothing much to hide , when she weeded the garden it was on Ol' Gran they spied . Though you may not believe this I will swear that it is true . So don't wear skirts to garden in , or they might spy on you ! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
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How do you think of this stuff? This is HILARIOUS... Thanks Doc, as always you are good medicine!!!!  |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
serenity , Thanks , it's an old story . I think someone even did a song about it once . I seem to remember the line " Don't bend over in the garden granny , ya know them taters got eyes " , but I can't remember who did it . ( I was going to say it must have been something I ate ) Doc |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Big grins...and thinking of the "small patch" we worked a couple of summers ago...I think we fed three neighborhoods, at least... |
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