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June 26, 2007: Corn field motoring
Reddit points to this item from the Netherlands, where apparently a police chopper captured this great shot.
Which is scaled down a little from the original even more massive shot...
It turns out this is the result if an extremely confused and coked-up guy drives into a cornfield. Picture it:
one moment the guy is looking at road, the next moment he's looking at... something! he can't figure out!
Even if he drives around in circles! it's still! all! around! The only way to defeat it is to mush it all down!
That's right, can't take any chances! Mush it all down! All down!
Anyway, I particularly like the Dutch-to-English translation of a news article that someone posted.
Somehow these translations almost speak in the accent of the language barrier they are trying to cross.
I mean, when I read the following, I read it with a Dutch accent, and it fits *perfectly*.
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Around 18.25 the police force report got that on the Kornpad in Dussen grey Mercedes the corn field had ridden into area car. On the spot the agents found a completely confused man, who drove rondjes with its car constantly by the corn field. It succeeded in absolutely no manner to make contact with the man. When of the agents a its gatekeeper tried pull open, the man gave gas. The agent fell on the ground and could, by super-fast is legs pull away, prevents that he was run over. To prevent that the motorist would reach public gone, the access ways were turned off to the field with police force vehicles. This will have brought with, as it happens, an unacceptable security risk with itself. |
Shawnee123 Tuesday Jun 26 08:30 AM
Just, wow!
| the man gave gas. The agent fell on the ground |
spudcon Tuesday Jun 26 09:16 AM
Cornfield art
I think I see a miraculous image of Elvis in that cornfield. At least now we know where crop circles come from.:p
odie number seven Tuesday Jun 26 09:24 AM
Maybe he saw children in the cornfield???
Flint Tuesday Jun 26 09:24 AM
He was cornfused.
Shawnee123 Tuesday Jun 26 09:44 AM
We call it "maize."
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Jun 26 10:02 AM
Looks like he took a couple of turns through the adjoining dark and light green patches, also.
fargon Tuesday Jun 26 10:02 AM
The giving of gas is a noble thing, give that man a Del Taco macho combo burrito, and send him home.
barefoot serpent Tuesday Jun 26 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by fargon
The giving of gas is a noble thing
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Cloud Tuesday Jun 26 12:50 PM
I'm in awe of everyone's comments and have nothing even remotely as clever to add.
artemis05 Tuesday Jun 26 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
We call it "maize."
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although corn and maize are two different things, closely related though.
also, almost all crop circles are done in wheat fields, not corn fields.
Shawnee123 Tuesday Jun 26 12:59 PM
Well, just wait until the County Cornmissioner gets there! That guy must have been stalk-raving mad. 
SteveDallas Tuesday Jun 26 01:15 PM
There's a kernel of truth in what you say, Shawnee.
Spexxvet Tuesday Jun 26 01:26 PM
All your cornfields are belong to us
Flint Tuesday Jun 26 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet
All your cornfields are belong to us
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...this is what Christopher Walken did, somewhere near the end of At Close Range.
Coign Tuesday Jun 26 01:36 PM
I am in ur fields
killing ur corns.
Spexxvet Tuesday Jun 26 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Coign
I am in ur fields
killing ur corns. |
Flint Tuesday Jun 26 01:43 PM
Now I'm imagining this guy as Ronnie Dobbs.
"YOU'RE under arrest" ... "Y'all are brutalizin' me!" ... "I didn't even get my suck-off!"
Undertoad Tuesday Jun 26 01:43 PM
Shawnee123 Tuesday Jun 26 01:47 PM
That was a laugh out louder!
barefoot serpent Tuesday Jun 26 01:55 PM
not to put a damper on all the corny puns but I think
graangebied is more correctly translated as simply: grain field.
And that does look more like wheat than corn, anyway... I've seen a bit here in Kansas. And, I'm guessing that in the next field is hops. The beer drinkers would have his guts-for-garters if he had mowed that down!
Shawnee123 Tuesday Jun 26 02:09 PM
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not to put a damper on all the corny puns but I think graangebied is more correctly translated as simply: grain field. And that does look more like wheat than corn, anyway... I've seen a bit here in Kansas. And, I'm guessing that in the next field is hops. The beer drinkers would have his guts-for-garters if he had mowed that down! |
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on the Kornpad in Dussen grey Mercedes the corn field had ridden into area car. On the spot the agents found a completely confused man, who drove rondjes with its car constantly by the corn field. |
Cloud Tuesday Jun 26 02:17 PM
there only looks to be one entrance point. Did one car do all that?
Edit: okay, looking closely I can see another possible entrypoint on the far right. I was wondering why he went around in circles so much if they weren't chasing him.
lumberjim Tuesday Jun 26 03:18 PM
didn't consider that maybe the chasing car followed him in...using the same path?
Spexxvet Tuesday Jun 26 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent
not to put a damper on all the corny puns but I think
graangebied is more correctly translated as simply: grain field. And that does look more like wheat than corn, anyway... I've seen a bit here in Kansas. And, I'm guessing that in the next field is hops. The beer drinkers would have his guts-for-garters if he had mowed that down! |
Flint Tuesday Jun 26 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Cloud
...I was wondering why he went around in circles so much if they weren't chasing him.
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wolf Tuesday Jun 26 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent
And that does look more like wheat than corn, anyway... I've seen a bit here in Kansas. And, I'm guessing that in the next field is hops. The beer drinkers would have his guts-for-garters if he had mowed that down!
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Our corn is specified as Indian Corn.
That does look a lot more like a wheat field to my eyes.
I believe that the soil and weather requirements for corn are sufficiently restrictive that you can't actually grow it well anywhere but in the United States.
Wombat Tuesday Jun 26 06:37 PM
How did he end up crashed in the hedge at the bottom of the field to the left of the cornfield? There aren't even any tracks leading there.
monster Tuesday Jun 26 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by wolf
I thought that in Europe all field grains are considered corn.
Our corn is specified as Indian Corn. |
and yes, that's amazing.
Can't find any pics of the maze we went to last year, but it wasn't dissimilar to that mess. Here's a video of the local news item about it with a brief aerial shot of the whole thing...
http://www.talladayfarms.com/index.cfm?farm=media
Sheldonrs Tuesday Jun 26 10:30 PM
When asked for a comment by the local newspaper, the driver was heard to say "shucks".
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Jun 26 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Wombat
How did he end up crashed in the hedge at the bottom of the field to the left of the cornfield? There aren't even any tracks leading there.
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Flint Tuesday Jun 26 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
... cornhole ...
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Gravdigr Tuesday Jun 26 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Cloud
I'm in awe of everyone's comments and have nothing even remotely as clever to add.
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wolf Tuesday Jun 26 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by monster
Can't find any pics of the maze we went to last year, but it wasn't dissimilar to that mess. Here's a video of the local news item about it with a brief aerial shot of the whole thing... |
Once the season's over, they harvest the field and feed it to the moo-moos.
SPUCK Wednesday Jun 27 05:44 AM
The guy was confused??? Hell yes! He was dizzy as hell!!
Which car is the cornmobile?? The blue one or the one on its side?
Griff Wednesday Jun 27 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
When asked for a comment by the local newspaper, the driver was heard to say "shucks".
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Shawnee123 Wednesday Jun 27 08:45 AM
it was this guy
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xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Jun 27 10:14 AM
After the mess was cleaned up, they discovered a method to his madness.
Spexxvet Wednesday Jun 27 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
When asked for a comment by the local newspaper, the driver was heard to say "shucks".
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Shawnee123 Wednesday Jun 27 11:13 AM
lol!
homina homina hominy
bigw00dy Wednesday Jun 27 03:17 PM
You are all blind to this massive conspiracy............it is obviously crop circles formed by an E.T.
non believers
Fa- Thursday Jun 28 10:27 AM
its like a giant etcha-sketch!
JuancoRocks Friday Jun 29 12:17 AM
The Cornfield Conspiracy
Looks like he got excellent gas mileage.
Must have been the ethanol.
xoxoxoBruce Friday Jun 29 12:22 AM
Things go further with Coke.
RellikLaerec Friday Jun 29 02:05 AM
I like how the local paper here put the caption for it: Signs of unintelligent life. 
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