Old Tom and the Tractor: The poem that set off the "Letter to the Editor!"

[Pendragon]

Old Tom and the Tractor

The old farmer plodded along
Behind his old mule team.
Young man on a tractor,
Drove up and blew off steam.
"Oughta git yerself a tractor, Tom!
Dew thet field in half-no time!"
Old Tom spat, and said "Ah knows.
But hit cain't furtilize at t'same time!"

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D. L. Harris

(If any of you come from farm families you know what the poem means. The others will figure it out quickly!)

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[Bii]

He he he - what fantastic fun! Love the ending, and oh, so true!

[kandaurov]

Hahaha! To be honest, I started reading, for some reason, with the feeling that in the end I'd shrug my shoulders and think to myself, 'so?'. As it turns out, I almost laughed aloud - which is quite a feat, considering I'm alone staring at a screen! Nice, nice!