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John Deeres rock!
...especially the tall skinny ones.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 17, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Oh deere oh deere oh deere.
Posted by: oneblankspace | June 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM
With my luck I'd be stuck in a car behind all of them while they were going up hill. Which one is DaninIA?
Posted by: nursecindy | June 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Oh the excitment of IA.
Getting stuck behind this group (or any tractor for that matter) and not being able to pass them for 1/2 hour is a cause for road rage!
Posted by: DaninIA | June 17, 2009 at 11:13 AM
GEIT? I think it's just a knock-off of RAGBRAI. Maybe they should call it RAGTRAI. Maybe not.
Posted by: ScottMGS | June 17, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Breaker breaker! It's a tractor convoy!
Posted by: Siouxie | June 17, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Mines the little John Deere. Not the size that matters but the ....oh nevermind..
I just wish I hgad a bigger tractor and a larger deck!
http://www.nearmintheroes.com/comedy/blue-collar-comedy-tour-big-deck-starring-drew-carey
Posted by: DaninIA | June 17, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Takes out errant g from above
Posted by: DaninIA | June 17, 2009 at 11:17 AM
The oft-told joke in Iowa's neighbor states is:
Q: What do you call 12 tractors slowly circling a McDonald's in Iowa?
A: Prom night.
Apparently this was an understatement.
Posted by: padraig the cheesehead | June 17, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Cheesehead I grew up in that neighbor state. (God I wish I was back there) I miss the lakes.
Another is what IOWA stands for...Idoits Out Walking Around.
Of course then there is.. Why doesn't Iowa have a professional Football team? Cause then Minnesota would want one too.
Posted by: DaninIA | June 17, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Dan's linky
Posted by: Siouxie | June 17, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Dan, I hear Minnesota considers their row of counties on the Iowa border to be "Baja Iowa." Periodically Minnesota threatens to donate those counties to Iowa in order to raise the average IQ of both states.
(Probably a Garrison Keillor semi-quote)
Posted by: padraig | June 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM
I like the cute little umbrellas. Reminds me of tropical drinks.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............rummmmmmmmm...
Oh, what were we talking about??
Posted by: Punkin | June 17, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Northern Iowa talks like Minnesota, so donating would work.
Of course, I live in Iowa, in the country. I was stuck behind a tractor last night coming home from work.
Posted by: Charlotte | June 17, 2009 at 12:13 PM
I just spent the weekend in thoses northern Iowa counties. Okaboji...had a great time and they do kinda talk like Minnesooootans don't-cha-kno. Which is also northern Wisconsin speak.
Posted by: DaninIA | June 17, 2009 at 12:34 PM
If these guys mileage is anything like mine (1945 MM GTA getting 2 gallons to the mile) on the road,509 tractors X 50 miles is going to reduce the fuel surplus. Just watch our gas prices go up.
Posted by: somedude | June 17, 2009 at 01:04 PM
It looks like that second guy is carrying a telephone pole. Is that how he gets cell phone service out there?
Posted by: Braniff | June 17, 2009 at 01:11 PM
Darold Sindt of Keystone, Iowa, says 'tractor people' are a different sort of club.
Yeap. They sure is.
Posted by: Siouxie | June 17, 2009 at 01:15 PM
Born and raised in Iowa, i went to college(for a while) in Dubuque. Mississippi River town, lotsa bars. Dyersville has The Field of Dreams nearby.
Tractorcade is an annual event
Posted by: rickh | June 17, 2009 at 02:28 PM
oh yeah, i can tell you from personal experience, Dubuque County is very hilly (not typical Iowa flat) and on the back roads between DBQ and Dyersville if you got behind 500+ tractors you would be how to say this delicately. screwed!
Posted by: rickh | June 17, 2009 at 02:33 PM
rickh, screwed isn't the word for it! You would be better off to find a quaint little establishment that serves adult beverages and wait it out.
Posted by: DaninIA | June 17, 2009 at 03:05 PM
So you're stuck behind tractors. Why are you in a hurry anyway? You're in freakin' Iowa. It's not like you're gonna miss anything.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 17, 2009 at 03:16 PM
Iowa ATVs.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | June 17, 2009 at 03:26 PM
I am informed by my Iowan co-worker that these are not, in fact, working tractors (which these days would fill both lanes of the highway side-to-side). I am told that these are the farmers' FUN tractors. You know, the sporty models that they use to pick up chicks. (Both kinds.)
Posted by: padraig | June 17, 2009 at 03:28 PM
pad, I can see why chicks would be impressed. You know what they say about a man with a big tractor...
Posted by: Siouxie | June 17, 2009 at 03:50 PM
this is the tractor
of today.
those in Tractorcade are relics of a bygone era (like when i was a kid)
Posted by: rickh | June 17, 2009 at 03:56 PM
Does this remind anyone else of the Lawn Rangers on steroids?
Posted by: NotSherly | June 17, 2009 at 04:12 PM
NSherl, I thought about them too!!
I can even picture Dave on one of those tractors.
Posted by: Siouxie | June 17, 2009 at 04:41 PM
Hey! Another Iowegian here. Spent my teenaged summers at the University of Okoboji (Spirit Lake, actually).
Posted by: ScottMGS | June 17, 2009 at 09:37 PM
Those look like Iowa gang colors to me.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 17, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Don't forget Captain James T. Kirk was born in Iowa, about -224 years ago.
Posted by: oneblankspace | June 17, 2009 at 11:43 PM
"She thinks my tractor's sexy!" - K. Chesney
Posted by: Guin | June 18, 2009 at 06:33 AM
The ones driving are not the best farmers in Iowa.
If they were, they'd be outstanding in their fields.
Posted by: bonmot | June 18, 2009 at 06:01 PM
those tractors are hot!!! i bet traffic was a pain to be behind them
Posted by: debt reduction | June 22, 2009 at 05:46 PM