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Across the Fence:  funniest thing someone said about your farm life?  |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 01 2013 : 4:13:51 PM
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Just curious, we've all heard crazy, funny, or insane things from people about the life we live. Let's share some of those things here. :)
The funniest thing I've heard recently was we had a "farm warming" at our farm so all our friends and relatives could come up and see our new place. (A year and a half after we moved in!) Anyhow, we served a big meal of homegrown pork, potato salad, baked beans, etc...
A relative found my husband and I after walking around the farm and said "Gosh, I just love all your little pigs! They're so cute! What do you do with them, anyway?"
My husband looked at her and said "Did you enjoy a pulled pork sandwich when you got here?"
The gal just looked at him, first with total confusion, and then this look of oh-my-goodness, for-real?? washed over her face. He and I could not laughing about it later. :)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
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wildflower17
True Blue Farmgirl
3043 Posts
Judy
KY
USA
3043 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2013 : 4:26:54 PM
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Amy,
Trying to think of something personally that has happened to us...but your story is so cute. Your DH truly was ready for that question! LOL
Hugs!
Judy
"Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!
"Country Girl at Heart"... |
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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
1096 Posts
Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
1096 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2013 : 5:04:01 PM
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Funny Amy! I guess mine is "Do you keep your stallions in a cage" or when somebody thought my house was a hay barn, I guess it needed some attention, but yesterday someone asked if my daughters' cabin was a chicken house, cause some of the chickens were in the front yard. We said well no, my daughters live in there and she said well I thought it looked awfully nice for a chicken house with pretty curtains and everything. Or somebody asking "when I get there what will I see parked out front, like it matters cause it's the end of the road, I wanted to say UH a bunch of paint horses...lol. But the funniest has to be when people drive right by and go to the back of the place looking for our house. Usually a fed ex or direct tv person. Then they get stuck...I mean people sittin on the porch, how can you not know it's a house. Exactly WHAT are they looking for? I mean my little house and cabin aren't very big or fancy but they aint that bad. Maybe I should tell them to stop at the shack! lol. This is going to be fun hearing all the ladies experiences. Cool post.
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2013 : 5:18:35 PM
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Judy - you are right, he was ready. And I'm glad he thought of something to say, because I'm sure my jaw had hit the floor.
Laura - maybe we need to paint you a sign that says "This IS the house!" and "This is NOT the house" and you can just randomly stick them around your farm. ;) Cute stories!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
www.farmfoodmama.blogspot.com
www.thehmmmschoolingmom.blogspot.com
www.amydingmann.com |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Jul 01 2013 : 10:01:12 PM
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Well, I don't live on a farm, but here's a good story: This social worker from the city moves to Appalachia to "help" the poor folks. She's out walking and sees the smallest little shack she's ever seen. She goes up to the door and knocks. A little boy's voice inside says "Who's there?" She says her name and then asks if the boy's father is there. From inside the house, he says "Pa was here, but he done left."
So she asks if the boy's mother is there. He replies. "Ma was here but she done left too." So she asks if the three of them are ever together at home at the same time. A young voice replies,"Ma'am, this here's the outhouse!"
Cindy
"Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did/ Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid"--Sinead O'Connor
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2013 : 1:36:44 PM
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"those can't be "BULLS", they don't have horns", no they are not bulls, they are "COWS", thats why they have full udders, and calves at their sides, you don't drink THAT milk do you, after the baby has sucked on it, yes we do, thats disgusting, its contaminated now, your kids are gonna get "MAD COW" disease, I'm calling childrens services...2 days later childrens services show up, and demand to know why I would force my baby to suck on a cow teat for his milk...now I'm rolling on the ground laughing so hard I start chocking on my own spit, women informs me I am gonna loose my kids...I ask her nicely why would she think my infant would be suckling on a cow, a women called us and told us thats what you said, that your kids had to drink from the cow to get milk, I said the only cow that my babies suck on is me, as I whip out my udder and nurse my 3 month old daughter, it took another couple of hours to proof to her that my kids did not literaly get their milk from the cow...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
3075 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
3075 Posts |
Posted - Jul 06 2013 : 5:44:27 PM
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Tina- that's a good one!
I think most of my funny comments are from my father-in-law. He just lives across the yard so he's over at our dairy farm every day. He knows enough to fool people that don't know anything, but to a true farmgirl he gets his wires crossed sometimes. One of my favorites is when my husband and I told him we found a farm we would like to look at to possibly buy in North Dakota. His reply was - you can't move to North Dakota- there's no trees there!! And just the other day he commented that one of our cows must be feeling better because "she's chewing her rumen".
My three year old niece was very disappointed when she realized the cow named chocolate didn't give chocolate milk and the red Holsteins don't give strawberry milk.
thanks for sharing the stories. Hope there's more!
Heather
Farmgirl Sister #4701 |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Jul 08 2013 : 08:25:29 AM
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We live about 45 min outside of Kansas City, and work downtown as software developers and designers. Working in our environment, we have a mix of people from all around town, but coincidentally there are four people in my group who have horses/donkeys/mules/rabbits/chickens, etc. So, we chat a lot about hay and hooves and other misc farm life activities. There is also a fellow on our team who lives in an elite housing development in town and just doesn't get his hands dirty, but hires out all of his household maintenance work. One day during a conversation amongst the critter owners, this guy pipes up and says, "I have never worked with so many people who have farm animals! It is just weird!" I'm not sure what he meant by that, but I'd prefer to think that he didn't consider US weird! 
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."--Albert Einstein
"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food." --Queen Elizabeth I
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2013 : 12:29:03 PM
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Oh my there are so many. One I think of right off the bat. I asked a lady if she wanted some fresh eggs and she said no she'd rather buy from the store because my eggs we 'too close' to the chickens. I guess she really didn't want to know where they came from. EGAD!!
Another time someone wondered how the Rooster fertilized the eggs. They thought the Rooster sprayed on the eggs after the Hen had laid them. Strange visual, right. I had to explain. LOL
MaryBeth after
http://www.smallcityscenes.blogspot.com
www.day4plus.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2013 : 12:41:43 PM
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These are funny! Once my grandpa was asked if they canned their milk.....they had heard about milk cans and so they thought Grandma must put enough up for the winter.
Farmgirl #31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
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will2farm
True Blue Farmgirl
57 Posts
57 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2013 : 11:24:33 AM
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| I live in a largely agricultural area but am nestled in between 3 large colleges. I was dreading the upcoming winter thinking of thawing pipes, trying to keep the manure spread, fighting the snow drifts to get to our feed to keep the cows fed, plowing out so the milk truck can get in and just trying to keep my hands and feet warm. So you can imagine the look on my face when a friend(a professor) at one of the above mentioned universities said to me "Well, you must be almost done since winter's coming huh"? Education shore ain't everything:)....I love all your stories gals! |
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Butterscotch Grove
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
Melissa
Fairbanks
AK
196 Posts |
Posted - Jul 25 2013 : 10:36:11 AM
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How 'bout my 8-year old (at the time) DD's response to helping clear our wooded lot to make space for our farming attempts? "Man, it's a lot more fun playing Laura Ingalls than being her." :)
My blog:
http://ButterscotchGrove.wordpress.com |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - Jul 25 2013 : 3:27:17 PM
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Melissa, LOL, out of the mouths of babes, kids will make a statement, and make me laugh everytime, even ones who are raised on the farm/ranch sometimes, love it...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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Cozynana
True Blue Farmgirl
1123 Posts
Kem
1123 Posts |
Posted - Jul 25 2013 : 5:39:06 PM
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| Our daughter was applying for educational grants. A gov't gal called wanting verify info and thought we were lying about being liget farmers. I told her over 90 percent of our income came from our farm. She implied there were not real farmers anymore. I said, "mam, we are part of the two percent that feeds the country". She was speechless. Who do they think grows all the wheat, corn, alfalfa, etc!! |
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Butterscotch Grove
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
Melissa
Fairbanks
AK
196 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2013 : 10:29:56 AM
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Kem - that's both funny and sad. Well, I guess with all the unreal food that's on the grocery store shelves, there must be a lot of "unreal" farmers out there.
My blog:
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SandraM
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Sandra
Coldwater
Michigan
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2013 : 3:48:40 PM
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Too funny :)
My nephew was visiting. I was making eggs. He said he didn't want any, I asked why. He said because those eggs come from chickens! I asked what kind he liked, he said the ones from the store :)
My uncle was visiting and I was a little excited because I had a spider on me. He said that surprises me, you being a farm girl and all. I should be use to lots of bugs :)
I asked him why he thought I would have more spiders at my place than he did his? Living on a farm doesn't qualify me as a lover of bugs :)
Sandra
www.mittenstatesheepandwool.com |
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SandraM
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Sandra
Coldwater
Michigan
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2013 : 3:52:04 PM
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Another funny was when we were selling my daughters goat kids. We had one doe and one whether. The woman told me she didn't want the doe because she didn't want the milk. I told her she didn't have to have milk. She said well she is female, and she will eventually produce milk. Finally I realized that she didn't understand that the doe had to have babies before she would have milk. She just thought the does started producing milk because they were dairy goats. :) She was a sweet lady, she ended up buying them both when she realized she was safe from having a milker :)
Sandra
www.mittenstatesheepandwool.com |
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82kygal
True Blue Farmgirl
548 Posts
Laura
Somerset
Kentucky
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2013 : 08:56:42 AM
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When I lived in Idaho we grocery shopped on a monthly basis in Boise, I lived up in a small mountain town. We are deer and elk hunters and thats all the meat we ate. I like knowing where it comes from and I butcher it so I know what goes into it. (nothng). Well when I shopped at the Winco there I always ended up with the same sweet clerk. One day she asked why I didn't buy meat there. I told here we hunted our meat. She looked at me and said "Oh my you are one of THOSE people that is soooo cool." It made me kinda proud. Yes I AM one of those people.
With God, all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
What ever you are, be a good one. (Abe Lincoln) |
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
1023 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2013 : 06:08:56 AM
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So I live near Orlando on the out skirts of Orlando in a smaller town named St. Cloud. I never go into Orlando shopping at the bigger malls much. But one day I went with some friends and I could not believe the amount of cars and people. It gave me an anxiety attack. I told them it would be a long time before I ever went back there. So one of my friends said's to me Dorinda you need to get out in the world more often there's more to life than growing a Tomato. I think I would much rather stay at home and grow my Tomato's. LoL.
Seize The Day!
Dorinda |
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
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