Buddy's Blog

“Hiya Kids! Hiya! Hiya! Hiya!”

Quoting whom? Let’s see how old you are.

I had a field trip to Bradenton’s sewage plant when I was in the 8th grade, so I know what I’m talking about.

This is for all you entomologists out there:

Praying Mantis

Uh-oh! Earl disappears and Sid is frantic.  I forget who asked for this story. It’s from 1994.

From October 2002..

Next week, Spencer flushes Earl down the crapper.

Date Night means I get to drink.

And the answer is…

I had no good idea what that thing was I posted on Tuesday

Ron, Roland and Mark got it right.  Ron sent me the video link. It makes sense. My maternal Grandfather, John Sutton, was a farmer in Delaware during the last part of the 19th century and the first part of the 1900’s. He never had a tractor, just a horse.

Here he was in 1930. He was 69 years old.

No, It’s not a sail glove, a forehead knocker or what Spiderman uses to climb walls. Here’s Roland’s description:

It’s a corn picking/husking palm. A practiced corn picker (even into the 1930s) walked along a row, next to a wagon with the far side much higher than the near side. This was called the “bang board.” The wagon was often pulled by mules, which were also controlled by the picker.

In one motion, the picker grabbed the cob and husk, shucked the cob out and tossed it into the wagon. The cob would hit the bang board and drop into the wagon. My dad said a speedy picker could pick a couple wagon loads a day.

Sorry I’m late.

And today’s quiz is…….

What the heck is this?

One of my favorite gags