HEATWAVE

Like much of the country, Goshen, IN is suffering from the heat,  Unirrigated corn is virtually shot, hay cuttings are few and far between, and folks are selling off cattle.  The Shipshewana Sale Barn had to shut down the livestock auction because of too many sellers.  Here are a few tidbits about the heat [passed along by a cousin]:

IT'S SO HOT in Elkhart County, Indiana:

          ..... robins use potholders to pull worms out of the ground.
          .....the trees are whistling for the dogs.
          .....the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
          .....hot water comes from both taps.
          .....you can make sun tea instantly.
          .....you learn that a seatbelt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.
          .....the temperature drops below 90??F and you feel a little chilly.
          .....you discover that in July it takes only two fingers to steer your car (one on each hand).
          .....you discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.
          .....you actually burn your hand opening the car door.
          .....you break a sweat the instant you step outside at 5:30 A.M.
          .....your biggest motorcycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the                  pavement and fry to death?"
          .....you realize that asphalt has a liquid stage.
          .....the potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull them out and add butter.
          .....the cows give evaporated milk.
          .....farmers feed their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying boiled eggs.

        IT'S SO DRY in Elkhart County, Indiana that the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling, the Methodists are using wet-wipes, the Mennonites are giving rain checks, and the Catholics are praying for the wine to turn back into water!

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