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Farm Talk's Top 10

August 3, 2010

The Top Ten indications it’s ridiculously hot outside:

Parson, Kansas — 10. The dog refuses to get into the pickup until you turn on the AC.

 9. It’s so hot you can track an escaped cow down the blacktop.

 8. A farmer in the doctor’s waiting room has “Channellock” branded backwards on his hand.

 7. Farmers actually ask their wives if there are any in-the-house projects that need to be done.

 6. The cows haven’t left the hedgerow for a week.

 5. The county agent decides to referee the wash-rack water fight at the Fair.

 4. The guy in the coffee shop who says, “Hot enough for you?” is taking his life in his hands.

 3. The local ice cream place has more pickups than usual in the parking lot.

 2. In the hay field, there are buzzards circling overhead.

 1. Somebody calls the elevator to check on the dock for popped kernels in a load of corn.

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Farm Talk's Top 10