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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Aug 9, 2020
The corn in the picture is probably higher than a young elephant's eye. 
But I know what you mean. Oscar Hammerstein wasn't being literal. Elephant was more elegant than "cow pony," so he used elephant.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Aug 9, 2020
You really know your elephants! 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Aug 9, 2020
Which reminds me of the introduction to the Hippopotamus song by Flanders and Swann. Mr. Flanders said that some people thought the song was irrelevant, "but it's not irrelevant. it's irhippopotamus."
(There are way too many assorted factoids in my head. Is it any wonder I sometimes get confused? 
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FWR Posted Aug 10, 2020
Hey, but it's nice to ramble, whilst I wait for a comment on the photo!
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Aug 10, 2020
I like to watch corn grow. That probably marks me as somewhat weird, but let me add this: your corn is doing better than the corn I grew several years ago.
Corn is one of two food crops (potatoes being the other) that maximizes the number of edible calories from a given piece of land. Granted, you need to water and fertilize and hope for good weather (no hailstones the size of bowling balls 
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There are maybe billions of people who live hand to mouth. So, corn and potatoes (and maybe soybeans) are what they go to in the hope of feeding themselves.
Moe power to you for growing the Three Sisters this year 
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