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But think of all the extra tourism he’ll get… oh, farmers don’t like tourists trompling all over their properties, right.

Of course you didn’t do it. Its just a boring geometric shape. No political insight or weasel-like explication at all. Its not even an interesting crop circle.

Given aliens make these things at night in farmer’s fields, how come they never create something, well, alien-looking? I half-think they aren’t made by true aliens. No true alien would limit itself to geometry.

I can’t help it — You can trust your car to the man who wears the star is going through my head.

James Lileks would be pleased with you, Sweasel.

Did his dad own a Texaco station? I knew he had a service station.

The Truth is Out There…Trust No One.

A regular pentagon’s not the easiest construction to make in the dark with just a rope and plank. The length of the diagonals is the Golden Ratio times the side length, so having a pre-knotted rope would help.

Where they can control access, savvy farmers charge people for access. Apparently there are plenty of folks willing to pay to enter the circles to partake of “the vibes.”

When I first saw the “himself,” I thought we were going to get a glimpse of Unk B there for a moment, but nooooo, just a different British tourist attraction.

So many things to see on that island, so little time to actually go there.

Lots of fake antiquities hanging about. Even the Tower itself was “improved” in such a manner.

Tourisim has been a staple for centuries.

From the linked article:
“It sows the land up for next year as well so it doesn’t just affect this year’s crops.”

I’m guessing that should be “sews”; but, even then, this is not an idiom I recognize. Is it a common one over there, and what does it mean?

I like the Long Man. The crop circle is nice, but I think the star tipped their hand. Stoaty, can’t you and Uncle Badger carve something into your garden? A chicken, or a cat’s paw, maybe a badger?

Nina – I also thought that the “Himself” reference concerned the senior Badger in residence.

The crop circle reminds me of Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs. The star is a common theme. Has there been an influx of bearded men in black horse-drawn carriages, or an unexplained number of well-made quilts flooding the market?

(clop)(clop)(clop)BANG!(clop)(clop)(clop)
— Amish Drive-by

“sows the land up for next year” Scatters seed to come up next year even if you want to rotate crops. (I think) Dad never had crop circles in Missouri, but he did have a shot gun.

“It sows the land up for next year as well so it doesn’t just affect this year’s crops.”

The produce from that field is destined to be both food grain for general consumption, and the seed grain for re-sowing next year. He will have less of both.