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southernyankeebelle

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78. He looks so awkward doesn't he? I remember the first time I planted corn and my
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 12:00 PM
Aug 2012

mother-in-law showed me and as it would grow we go out and pull the weeds. Then we put fertilizer on them. Then when you have to pull the suckers out that grows by them. I didn't know that. At first I was cleaning the weeds out from around them. My mother-in-law laughed and asked me what I was doing. I told her weeding. She said I was weeding around the sucker that had to be pulled. We laughed our heads off.

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First pic looks like the requisite "man pees" scene. Lars39 Aug 2012 #1
My first thought too HarveyDarkey Aug 2012 #24
2nd and 3rd pics are requisite pics Sheepshank Aug 2012 #33
Presalting the patch! Hubert Flottz Aug 2012 #36
A "dweeb" version of "Who's Next" n/t maxrandb Aug 2012 #53
lol. first thing I thought too. Whisp Aug 2012 #54
Don't cross the streams Ray, don't cross the streams.... WCGreen Aug 2012 #77
I can guarantee there's no Egon in that little group. Lars39 Aug 2012 #81
My word, but this micturating out of doors is quite liberating! n/t DefenseLawyer Aug 2012 #82
hmmm, no comment maddezmom Aug 2012 #2
lol Lars39 Aug 2012 #5
Caught my eye, too. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #18
hahaha. madaboutharry Aug 2012 #28
He appears to be corny. Island Blue Aug 2012 #29
LOL maddezmom Aug 2012 #42
Not what the suits are thinking at Bain Left Coast2020 Aug 2012 #74
I always suspected him to be a cornosexual Son of Gob Aug 2012 #43
Just shucking the ol' cob n/t msu2ba Aug 2012 #62
. Kadie Aug 2012 #70
what is it with these phallic photo ops, all of the candidates and their corndogs and so on Voice for Peace Aug 2012 #76
Hahaha! Looks like a simulation of "whipping it out"! Cooley Hurd Aug 2012 #91
He is giving us the most awkward photo-ops ever by a presidential candidate. morningfog Aug 2012 #3
Seriously, he seems to ALWAYS be awkward!!! arcane1 Aug 2012 #16
The first and seventh photos need captions Sanity Claws Aug 2012 #4
"Corn takes a lot of nitrogen, dontcha know?" XemaSab Aug 2012 #13
Build it and they will get Lost cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #6
Well played cthulu2016... tallahasseedem Aug 2012 #19
he who walks behind the rows. nt xchrom Aug 2012 #7
Mitt Romney looks at things. Sounds familiar. nt Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #8
He is out standing in his field russspeakeasy Aug 2012 #9
"This..is a cornfield. This... is corn." louis-t Aug 2012 #10
Did anyone warn him about the children of the corn? lunatica Aug 2012 #11
The "Children of the Corn" . . . fleur-de-lisa Aug 2012 #60
It's a reunion. AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #12
Thats "Village of the Damned" bunnies Aug 2012 #31
I've been robbed! AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #35
Clearly the google is out to get you! bunnies Aug 2012 #38
Mitt as a young lad in the corn Voice for Peace Aug 2012 #75
he's wondering where the cans are.... spanone Aug 2012 #14
"Corn. Yellow. Good." pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #15
LOL maddezmom Aug 2012 #20
The other day we saw Willard buying corn in the store Angry Dragon Aug 2012 #17
LOL LOL!! WTF this dude looks lost in that field bigdarryl Aug 2012 #21
The stalks are the right height here Blue Owl Aug 2012 #22
You forgot the picture of him attempting to eat the raw ear! bullwinkle428 Aug 2012 #23
raw corn is actually delicious. bunnies Aug 2012 #40
sweet corn yes, feed corn not so much- Bluerthanblue Aug 2012 #50
good point. bunnies Aug 2012 #59
I was hoping it would be like "Field Of Dreams" - he would keep walking and just disappear . . . hatrack Aug 2012 #25
"If you build it, he will attempt a stupid photo op" louis-t Aug 2012 #26
good one. We should be so lucky. yellowcanine Aug 2012 #55
The position of the corn he's holding in the next to the last photo Island Blue Aug 2012 #27
Corn? What is this thing you call corn? nc4bo Aug 2012 #30
haha! It reminds me of frogmarch Aug 2012 #32
Haaa!! louis-t Aug 2012 #34
"Greenish covering. Unwrap. Yellow cob like thing" WI_DEM Aug 2012 #37
"Where are the baseball players?" sadbear Aug 2012 #39
They lost their jobs after Bain bought the ball field and sold it off in pieces to the highest yellowcanine Aug 2012 #57
Build it and he will dismantle it - and sell it off for profit lame54 Aug 2012 #41
They remind me of the underground Topeka people in "A Boy and His Dog". MissMarple Aug 2012 #44
Anybody seen the documentary "King Corn"? indie9197 Aug 2012 #45
The caption for the last picture should be... dballance Aug 2012 #46
That corn sucks! What horrible looking ears! Is Iowa in the drought as well? sinkingfeeling Aug 2012 #47
It's all across North America Canuckistanian Aug 2012 #85
That is very healthy corn WCIL Aug 2012 #86
I'm in Iowa... CoffeeCat Aug 2012 #89
Picture #1. "Hey guys, this is the first place we've stopped in six months, Hubert Flottz Aug 2012 #48
lololol Voice for Peace Aug 2012 #79
. ProSense Aug 2012 #49
"See, see what Obama's drought did to my corn" JoePhilly Aug 2012 #51
Good one! maddiemom Aug 2012 #93
Monsanto's finest, no doubt. eShirl Aug 2012 #52
Whatta you mean I have this up my ass? Rambis Aug 2012 #56
I'll bet the scarecrow didn't look as stiff as Mitt. bulloney Aug 2012 #58
So, dis wher my corn in de can come from heh? benld74 Aug 2012 #61
Who is setting him up? liberalmuse Aug 2012 #63
LOL Kadie Aug 2012 #71
Fun aside, that's some pitiful looking corn. 4_TN_TITANS Aug 2012 #64
Yes, they were touring the field to look at the effects of the drought. MadrasT Aug 2012 #66
As I said above WCIL Aug 2012 #87
Hey Mittens... if you like corn, I have a new candy bar with corn and peanuts for you to try..... Erose999 Aug 2012 #65
theyll never find the tax returns here! Enrique Aug 2012 #67
"The cornfield is just the right height..." n/t taught_me_patience Aug 2012 #68
DUzy Thread! n/t stuckinodi Aug 2012 #69
Take questions from ears of corn, but not reporters. lindysalsagal Aug 2012 #72
He's in the WRONG CORNFIELD...he needs to visit onecent Aug 2012 #73
He looks so awkward doesn't he? I remember the first time I planted corn and my southernyankeebelle Aug 2012 #78
Never underestimate the corn vote romneymakes Aug 2012 #80
"Dry...corn...bad..." n/t Blue Meany Aug 2012 #83
"Can we visit the popcorn fields next?" n/t Earth_First Aug 2012 #84
ROFL! What does he expect to see in there?! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2012 #88
Every pic I've seen of him looks like he's confused and out of place. n/t rad51 Aug 2012 #90
Actually, that's pretty good looking corn. Green, lush leaves. Normal cob for the edge of a field. tclambert Aug 2012 #92
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