Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:50:01 -0600 (MDT) From: [email protected] (Quote of the day)

"Eight farmers in the town of Nemaha, Iowa (population 112), have taught themselves to perform various square-dancing routines (do-si- do's, promenades, etc.) while seated on, precisely maneuvering, their tractors, according to a June San Francisco Chronicle dispatch from the heartland. However, an apparent problem for the farmers is that all are males, while square-dancing is a couples activity. Thus, four of the dancers operate their tractors while in calico skirts, under the apparent belief that cross-dressing is more acceptable than having an overtly same-sex dance partner."

- Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird (.651), http://www.torstar.com/uclick/weirdnewsframe.html

Submitted by: Kevin Johnsrude Aug. 2, 2000

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