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From: nowlin@ihu1e.UUCP (Jerry Nowlin)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Interesting Plants
Message-ID: <327@ihu1e.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 00:01:21 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  4 00:01:21 1984
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One day, while a farmer was mowing his field, a man stopped by the side of the
road and asked the farmer if he could get a bucket of milk from the milkweeds
along the far edge of the field, where the farmer hadn't mowed.  The farmer
kind of chuckled and said "If you can get milk from those milkweed plants
you're welcome to it." The man took a bucket from the trunk of his car and
wandered across the field while the farmer went on with his mowing.  After a
bit the man came strolling back across the field with a bucket full of milk.
He thanked the farmer, got in his car, and drove off.  The farmer stopped and
thought about it a while, but pretty soon he went back to mowing.

The next day, while the farmer was working on his tractor, the same man pulled
up in the driveway and told the farmer he'd seen a nice patch of honey suckle
along the fence while he was getting his milk the day before.  He asked the
farmer if he could go back and get a bucket of honey.  The farmer said "Sure.
If you think you can get honey from those honey suckle vines you're welcome to
try." The man took his bucket out of the trunk and walked off across the field
while the farmer went back to tinkering with the tractor.  About an hour later
the man came back with a bucket full of honey.  He thanked the farmer again,
got in his car, and drove off.  Now the farmer was really puzzled.

The next day it was raining fairly steady so the farmer just sat on his porch
and watched his crops soak it up.  While he was sitting, the same man drove up
and got out of his car.  He walked up to the porch steps and said to the
farmer "I was just wondering.  While I was getting that honey yesterday I
noticed a real nice patch of pussy willows..." The farmer jumped up and said
"You stay put till I get my hat.  I'm coming with you!"