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PS...

That should read "A fridge can be a scary place" (forgot to edit for context)

posted by Lensman on August 11, 2005 at 12:19 PM | link to this | reply

Hey, this was good, Joe...

What a laugh! A fridge can be scary places sometimes, especially the bottom shelf, near the back....

posted by Lensman on August 11, 2005 at 12:18 PM | link to this | reply

So... did you try it yet?

lol- I need to sign up for that manipulation class. You want cantalopes, you get that and then some! Funny story

posted by Flumpystalls3000 on August 10, 2005 at 5:27 PM | link to this | reply

Your hyperboles are wonderful and just too funny. Reading your blog is like Green Acres on steroids. I've never heard of much less seen such a catalope before. Anyway, I find myself becoming a regular reader as I have become curious as to what aspect of farming is going to capture your attention next. You make such wonderful hay out of so little. Thanks for being a frequent visitor to my blog.

Scot

posted by dog1net on August 9, 2005 at 4:10 PM | link to this | reply

OH.. MY... GOSH

This is hilarious! And I'm with you ... I wouldn't eat it either! Have you ever seen Monster out in the garden at night trying to communicate with the pods? He may be one of them, appearing to you only as a hologram!

posted by Georgia on August 9, 2005 at 4:02 PM | link to this | reply

Love

AGAIN, another hysterical country story. Although I love all the others, this will have to be placed as number 1 in my book. I had to laugh out loud while reading it. Then I had to read it out loud to Brian who also has a garden and could appreciate the humor.

posted by Tweeter65 on August 9, 2005 at 2:24 PM | link to this | reply

Wow that sounds pretty freaky... have you had nightmares yet? lol

posted by Sunnykins on August 9, 2005 at 11:30 AM | link to this | reply

Joe

Get it out of the house!!!.............remember what happened in "Invasion of the Body snatchers"

posted by TIMMYTALES on August 9, 2005 at 9:58 AM | link to this | reply

How cool, Joe_Love! You gotta save the seeds to re-plant next year! And you definately have a way of telling a story! Love it!

~Mama.Dragonfly487

posted by Mama.Dragonfly on August 9, 2005 at 6:10 AM | link to this | reply

I just saw your comments, Silver

hahaha @ picnic table plaid!!! No, I think I have to find something easier on the eyes.

posted by Joe_Love on August 8, 2005 at 11:38 PM | link to this | reply

Going plaid?

How about picnic blanket plaid? or big red-and-white checks like an old-style table cloth? I do like the chickens, tho. very apropos.

posted by SilverMoon7 on August 8, 2005 at 11:23 PM | link to this | reply

Poor Georgia...

I'm starting to take quite a liking to her. She's such a colorful character in your stories! I'll bet the melon doesn't taste half as scary as it looks, tho. A few days ago, I did a lot of fast talking to persuade my son--who is not a picky eater in the first place--to try just a bit of honeydew. They come yellow, here, not green. I even stooped so low as to say, "But sweetie, you liked it when you were a baby..." But it was all in vain. My five-year-old's sensibilities could not overcome eating juicy green fruit--even if it was a pretty green!--with a frightening yellow rind. I think it was the mass of goopy seeds I had scooped from the middle that pushed him over the edge. Whatever. You might be surprised, though. I might experiment on the Monster, or Georgia, first tho. Something that gigantic, with the exception of watermelon or pumpkin, I'd be wary of, too!

I'm sorry. Is this comment too long????

Wonderful read, as always, Joe! You're my favorite!

posted by SilverMoon7 on August 8, 2005 at 11:19 PM | link to this | reply

P.S. Thanks for catching up on so many of my entries all at once.

And by the way, if I hadn't said so already - your writing ROCKS. It has high caliber entertainment value.

posted by bettyboop1967 on August 8, 2005 at 10:21 PM | link to this | reply

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, indeed...

If your neighbor 'survives' eating it, it only means she is now one of THEM...Beware!

Just to be safe, check around for any bodies lying around in cocoons that look just like you about to hatch.

Sounds very sci-fi horror to me.

posted by bettyboop1967 on August 8, 2005 at 10:10 PM | link to this | reply

JOE

Love those “Born on dates”. I have no need for your homemade fertilizer recipe. Save the seeds. The world needs your green thumb. Thanks for laugh!

posted by Cypress on August 8, 2005 at 8:04 PM | link to this | reply

Joe_Love

The bicycle pump ....I almost lost it then....but when The Monster smiled at you like Donald Sutherland....well, I almost had to change my white cottons....I could so clearly see that evil grin....I think this is your funniest post to me....The Monster will forever be Donald Sutherland in my mind now....HYSTERICAL!!..I cannot stop giggling!....

posted by Krisles on August 8, 2005 at 7:43 PM | link to this | reply

rofl....

at your dialogue with Johnny....great post!

posted by UsualSuspect on August 8, 2005 at 7:26 PM | link to this | reply

Joe love

Funny you saying that ; about that mutant thing in your fridge, it mean. My wife was eating a melon, right? so, clever me, I thought I'd keep some seeds and plant them in the spring.

I've now got two twenty foot long plants, with several ... pumpkins. How, one asks oneself does a melon seed grow to a pumpkin? They dont turn into coaches at night ; I know that 'cos I watch them, and I haven't seen Cinders around.

I reckon that thing you've got is one of those things in that Stephen King story ( can't recall it's title ) so Beware.

I don't want to see " Shock horror sensation! Blogger slain by mad killer pumpkin! Mayor declares state of emergency! City evacuated! Bush takes refuge with SAC! Sox down again!

hasta luego

posted by ariel70 on August 8, 2005 at 7:16 AM | link to this | reply

A pod-thing? In a refrigerator? Be afraid, be very afraid. Watch out for loopy cans as well.

Keep an eye on Georgia for a few days first.

posted by _dave_says_ack_ on August 8, 2005 at 7:03 AM | link to this | reply

i have never heard of them either... did you eat it? i am afraid i am strange about stuff like that and probably wouldn't have tried it...... hmmmm.

posted by mmm-w on August 8, 2005 at 6:56 AM | link to this | reply

Banana Cantaloupe? yummmmm. new word I learnt

posted by Straightforward on August 8, 2005 at 12:57 AM | link to this | reply

no pic? would lurve to see how it looks like. hey..if you do cut it open and find iPods inside..tell me ya? i hope it's not podperson..i hope they're iPods.. please be iPods..please please please..ACK!

posted by sunjae on August 7, 2005 at 8:56 PM | link to this | reply

Hilarious!! I think you should carefully cut it open so as not to damage the pod person, and then eat some of the cantaloupe and tell us what it tasted like!! I have been a gardener for a long time, but I only grow regular, non-pod-person cantaloupe. lol.

posted by Julia. on August 7, 2005 at 8:12 PM | link to this | reply

You should be so lucky

Hopefully it is a Podperson. I hear they are incredibly handy around the house. Maybe they can sleep in your silverware drawer to fend off the mice.

posted by mhickory on August 7, 2005 at 7:37 PM | link to this | reply

I can't stop laughing at your story. It reminds me of the "Killer Tomatos" and other such movies. You need to publish these stories so the whole world can laugh too!

posted by Ca88andra on August 7, 2005 at 6:10 PM | link to this | reply

Sounds like they thrive

in the sun and your soil is just right for them. Wonder if they are gentically engineered? or a natural anomally. At any rate let us know ...especially if a pod person pops out.

posted by Whacky on August 7, 2005 at 5:49 PM | link to this | reply

Good grief boy, you kill me!

posted by Holy_Grail on August 7, 2005 at 5:49 PM | link to this | reply

The stories here are so

delightful. I was born on a farm and lived there til I was nine. I've spent a lot of time out in the desert and don't like cities, so I really get a kick out of your preceptions of the country life. Of course I would probably be a city buimpkin if I was forced to life in a really big city. I've been in most all of the big cities but always felt way out of place there.

posted by Moondawg on August 7, 2005 at 5:17 PM | link to this | reply

LOL, Never heard of a nanner-loupe either JoeLove ;)

and I live in thriving melon land. I'd wait and watch Georgia's reaction too. Thanks for the laughs; you really have a gift for turning the most mundane things into humorous works of art.

posted by Katray2 on August 7, 2005 at 4:54 PM | link to this | reply

ROFLMAO!

Although I must admit, I've eaten a lot of strange things, but I can't say I've ever seen a banana-loupe.

posted by strat on August 7, 2005 at 4:12 PM | link to this | reply

JoeLove, I'm a country girl, moved to the city. Thanks for the

hiliarous trip down Memory Lane.

posted by Amanda__ on August 7, 2005 at 1:55 PM | link to this | reply

I AM right about the Monster aren't I?

posted by Bel_ on August 7, 2005 at 12:01 PM | link to this | reply

nice article

nice read:)

posted by Marshallengraved on August 7, 2005 at 11:51 AM | link to this | reply

If you don't post in a few days

I'll assume you were attacked by the pod-people, and I'll send help.

posted by allicat275 on August 7, 2005 at 11:44 AM | link to this | reply

Joe Love....Your sense of humor is divine...

Great storyteller! I can't even grow tomatoes. I have a lone plant sitting in a big terra cotta thing. When should the tomatoes flower? I don't see buds yet. Is there still time for me? If you have any extra watermelons, send them to Medusa!!!

posted by MedusaNextDoor on August 7, 2005 at 11:43 AM | link to this | reply

Anthony. . , I've been thinking of going to plaid

but plaid is just sooooooo 1990-ish.

posted by Joe_Love on August 7, 2005 at 10:24 AM | link to this | reply

Thanks, Lunar

I hope it gave you a smile.

posted by Joe_Love on August 7, 2005 at 10:23 AM | link to this | reply

Joe Love

Aw give it a go mate, you may love it. lol Anyways, I see you've made a new blog page since I've been away. Well now I gotta tell ya, as creative as it is, I have a hard time readin' it. Must be my aged eyes mate. Now go eat that there thingy