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(rocky) Bonney Lake Wa.

.......you'd rather have a bigger patch than a bigger house.

11/10/2009 4:57:12 AM

Rhode Island

your wife and kids head out to the beach and you would rather stay home and get dirty in the patch.

11/10/2009 7:57:28 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

the smell of manure excites you.

11/10/2009 8:06:35 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

you go to the beach with the wife and kids, and hand out bags for them to collect seaweed.

11/10/2009 8:07:40 AM

Ham Lake, Minnesota

you drive around with your pumpkin in the back of the truck - for a month AFTER the weighoff.

11/10/2009 8:30:24 AM

Claysburg , PA

When you miss the first day of archery hunting season to got to a weighoff .

11/10/2009 9:14:09 AM

Wilmington.Ma.

You look at someones lawn and think what a patch it would make.

11/10/2009 9:55:27 AM

Mn

When you look at a digatal clock and instantly see the weight of some famous seed.

11/10/2009 10:18:08 AM

Ohio

When your kids ask why is there no grass in the back yard.

11/10/2009 10:28:57 AM

British Columbia, Canada

When you move houses to get a better Backyard.

Or you trade your Ford for a 1068.

11/10/2009 10:59:50 AM

Glosta

you rake other peoples yards for the leaves and not the money.

11/10/2009 11:29:07 AM

Circleville, Ohio

I cruised around my patch on the 4-wheeler drinking beer....

11/10/2009 11:44:51 AM

Massillon, Ohio

when date night consists of driving around town in the dark and searching for bags of leaves by curbs. you steal them like a theif in the night, your husband makes you empty them, and he STILL doesn't buy you dinner. forget about a movie!

11/10/2009 11:57:04 AM

Eastern Pennsylvania

.... your bp.com screen name is orangeneck

11/10/2009 12:26:16 PM

Johnston, R.I.

when shoes are optional

11/10/2009 12:30:48 PM

Ham Lake, Minnesota

you plan family and work around the seed auctions.

11/10/2009 12:39:14 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

When you are looking a house to buy that has a tennis court and your wife turns to you and says "how many plants will you be able to fit in there?"

11/10/2009 1:24:46 PM

Westford, MA

You get 3 compliments on what a "Good Lookin" pallet you've got at a weigh-off.(Topsfield)

11/10/2009 1:53:32 PM

Westford, MA

You skip a step-nieces wedding in DC to go to a late Oct. Weigh-off. I hadn't seen her in 10-11 years anyway. My wife and kids did go, it is HER brother's kid.

11/10/2009 1:56:45 PM

Colorado

When you feel like your "top dog" on your block cause you have the biggest manure pile...

11/10/2009 2:18:34 PM

Ohio

When you look around for Nic Welty for hours before you have your biggest pumpkin to be weighed in at a weigh off just so he can test your pumpkin by putting his ear close to it and slap the sides just to listen to the vibration to hear if your pumpkin will go heavy or not.
Ha! True story!,,lmao

11/10/2009 2:40:09 PM

South East

You plan you wedding day so you can be back in the patch in time for sparying. :)

11/10/2009 2:40:20 PM

South Finland

..your best b-day present ever is truck load of manure.. and you tell that very proudly to all your friends... and they are not even surprised...

11/10/2009 3:27:59 PM

Colorado Springs.Co

I would say you might have gone over the edge if you can no longer justify the kids playground sitting at the end of your patch.

11/10/2009 4:38:27 PM

Pocatello ([email protected])

When you are driving alone with the pumpkin in the back, and you feel like you should be allowed to use the carpool lane. You are, after all, simply driving a member of the family around.

11/10/2009 4:42:28 PM

you can gut a coach from curb from all its foam in 8 seconds or less faster than nascar with 2 tire stop

11/10/2009 5:43:20 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

There is just enough water in the well to water the pumpkins, and you take your wife and kids to the lake with soap and shampoo for there daily baths.

11/10/2009 6:10:45 PM

Roselle, IL [email protected]

When you compare the size of your pumpkin to an empty keg of beer

11/10/2009 6:59:18 PM

Bloomington, IN

...people have a book sitting by their computer to read while they wait for your diary to load.

11/10/2009 7:04:37 PM

Bloomington, IN

even with high-speed internet...

11/10/2009 7:06:00 PM

Riverton, WY

When you have to move & take your patch dirt with you....

11/10/2009 8:23:29 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

When you use your wife's new comforter to keep your pumpkin warm on a cold September night.

11/10/2009 9:48:14 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

When the vanity plates on your truck read BIGPMKN. Sorry Don, but it was too good to pass up.

11/10/2009 9:53:45 PM

Sequim, WA

You won't even consider a family trip during pollination time.

11/10/2009 10:06:59 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

When your better half asks you if you want a Ring for your anniversary, and you say YES, a Lifting Ring! (and I *got* the lifting ring, who needs a lousy eternity band with diamonds, anyway?)

11/11/2009 1:18:59 AM

Ohio

Iowegian, I have done that!,,lmfao!!! Had to buy her a new one that same very day,, hahaha now thats funny!

11/11/2009 4:46:54 AM

Dover, DE

when u ask for a how to grow world class giant pumpkin book for your birthday . . . . lol

11/11/2009 7:27:26 AM

Dover, DE

when you ask your dad for a how to grow world clas giat pumpkin book for a birthday gidt . . . . lol

11/11/2009 7:28:44 AM

Cedar Lake, IN.

when you dream about Extra Heavy Duty 40 ft. heat cables.

11/11/2009 6:42:25 PM

Topsfield, Ma.

When you call the wife from work to...open/close the hoop house...turn on/off sprinkler...put-on/take-off comforter...
and I love her for that BTW! ;-)

11/11/2009 7:19:16 PM

Joliet, IL

You Know U R a pumpkin growing redneck when.......you go on a giant pumpkin growing website and post on the message board, "You Know U R a pumpkin growing redneck when......."


and also when you use jumper cable clamps out the house window to hold the make shift "early fall entire plant greenhouse" visqueen closer to the brown brick for more trapped heat. yep, pics in the diary. red neck guilty here.

11/11/2009 8:07:16 PM

New Hampshire, USA

you buy a new truck just to hall your pumpkin to the fair

11/11/2009 10:52:16 PM

(rocky) Bonney Lake Wa.

Wow there are some funny ones.
Another would be that when all your computer log on passwords involve pumpkin weights or PB's or what ever you hope to grow. Of this I am QUILTY!!! darn near all my work password involve pumpkin passwords.

11/12/2009 1:52:08 AM

(rocky) Bonney Lake Wa.

heres another to parallel Don's
when you take patio furniture pads from the dump before the person tossesthem from there truck. Boy did I get a weird look from them when I asked for it.

11/12/2009 1:55:30 AM

Breslau, Ontario, Canada

I found these in an old newsletter

10:: You’ ve even considered getting a
pumpkin tattoo
9:: You once took out a bank loan for
manure
8:: The pig farm next door complains
about the stink coming from your patch
7:: You think telling your wife she has a
but like a “Big old pumpkin” , is a
compliment
6:: You once wore a GVGO hat to a wedding
5:: You can’ t say “Giant Leek” without
giggling
4:: You have one or more pieces of living
room furniture in the patch
3:: You’ ve never actully eaten a vegetable
2:: You painted a Dale Earnhardt “3” on
the side of your rototiller
1:: You named all your Pumpkins, but not
all your kids!

11/12/2009 5:42:28 AM

(rocky) Bonney Lake Wa.

Too funny John

11/12/2009 7:45:32 AM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Ron there is nothing Funny about John D's Post only facts :)

11/12/2009 2:08:13 PM

(rocky) Bonney Lake Wa.

I would geuss it is funny to me because I have done some of those things too

11/13/2009 7:51:14 AM

(rocky) Bonney Lake Wa.

The truck you want to buy is Orange or yellow

11/13/2009 7:54:19 AM

Dover, DE

. . . . when you hang seed packets on your christmas tree instead of ornaments

11/13/2009 8:39:30 AM

Washington

As Jeff Foxworthy would say: You might be a redneck if you have ever had your picture taken next to a giant vegetable!

11/13/2009 10:04:39 AM

Southeastkansas

...if you delay a trip to see your grandkids until after the hot spell because your pumpkins might not get enough water while you're gone.

11/13/2009 3:48:57 PM

Alaska

when you carry a picture of your PB Pumpkin in your wallet!

11/14/2009 3:15:56 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

When you use a picture of your PB for your ID picture for chat or Gmail... ('Orange on the Brain' ..yeppers)

11/14/2009 12:06:12 PM

(rocky) Bonney Lake Wa.

Ok I have another and that would be all your speed dial numbers that are associated with pumpkin growers are of the weight of the pumpkin they grew. Example: 11 would be my home # and 84 my cell # those 1184.

11/16/2009 6:06:26 AM

(rocky) Bonney Lake Wa.

...thus ... not those

11/16/2009 6:07:15 AM

Dover, DE

when u wear a t-shirt that says "i got big ones" lol

11/25/2009 8:29:22 AM