The Dead Collector: Bring out yer dead. [a man puts a body on the cart]

Large Man with Dead Body: Here's one.

The Dead Collector: That'll be ninepence.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead.

The Dead Collector: What?

Large Man with Dead Body: Nothing. There's your ninepence.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead.

The Dead Collector: 'Ere, he says he's not dead.

Large Man with Dead Body: Yes he is.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not.

The Dead Collector: He isn't.

Large Man with Dead Body: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm getting better.

Large Man with Dead Body: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.

The Dead Collector: Well, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I don't want to go on the cart.

Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, don't be such a baby.

The Dead Collector: I can't take him.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel fine.

Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, do me a favor.

The Dead Collector: I can't.

Large Man with Dead Body: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won't be long.

The Dead Collector: I promised I'd be at the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.

Large Man with Dead Body: Well, when's your next round?

The Dead Collector: Thursday.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I think I'll go for a walk.

Large Man with Dead Body: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel happy. I feel happy.

[the Dead Collector glances up and down the street furtively, then silences the Body with his a whack of his club]
Large Man with Dead Body: Ah, thank you very much.

The Dead Collector: Not at all. See you on Thursday.

Large Man with Dead Body: Right.

I'm not sure I buy their reasoning. I've been to a lot of berry farms in the Northern Virginia/Maryland region and all of the smaller run farms use the honor system. My take is the clientele who visit these type of establishments are your fairly well off. Even more so for the pick-your-own farms. You get a lot of young families with small children, upper middle class couples out for "natural" experience/antiquing, or older folks. All groups of people with a mindset for paying. I'd go even further that I expect the well-to-do couples overpay for the experience and for the locally-grown produce.

At least that's how it plays out in the DC area.

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What's the saddest part of this thread? Arguing over correct grammar and completely ignoring a freakin' awesome picture! Who is the god of online comments and how angry are they now? Watch out for the binary lightning bolts over Neatorama!

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@Miss C - Loved your flapper pics on Mental Floss! Seriously, why don't the two sites just morph into one. Neato-Floss..Mentalrama...Menorama-Floss. I'm sure I'm not the only one who goes back and forth between the two.

I assumed Old West gunfights were no more than duels (such as the famous Hamilton-Burr duel) and the only reason they carried on in the West, as opposed to the East, was the lack of common law. And since dueling was considered the "honorable" way to settle things, they were not that uncommon. So, I'm surprised you're saying they were few and far between. Is there an historical source you have for this? I'd be interested in reading it.

"...he built his bridge on his farm on a whim..." Whim?!?! 11 years worth of work isn't a whim. Waste of time maybe.

That made me laugh! Adding it to my email signature.

Spot on! In my travels through Europe, I found the Greeks the least hardworking, but also the most proud of their country. So, I'm not surprised they had a much higher opinion of their work ethic. Some of the nicest people I met though.

And the word "forte" was supposed to be pronounced "fort", not "for-tay". Now "for-tay" is an accepted pronunciation. Rules change. If the mass of humanity adds two spaces after a sentence, guess what's gonna change? Now, go back to arguing that there is nothing ironic in any of the things in Alanis Morissette's "Ironic".

What does it matter? They're CANADIANS!

@Nick Gisburne - No I don't seriously think there shouldn't be public systems. I never said there should be no taxes. You totally missed a key word in what I said:

"I disagree that the ONLY mean to address that is taxes".

The government is charged with maintaining an infrastructure and did a fine job for a long time. Once Milton Friedman came up with the idea of a federal withholding for income tax instead of a lump sum to be paid once a year, the goverment coffers exploded. Federal taxes collected in 1941 was $8.4 billion and accounted for 7.2% of the GDP. A mere four years later, the government collected $45.1 billion and the percentage jumped to a whopping 20.4% of the GDP. One simple idea of taking a little tax out of each paycheck before an employee would even see their check (out of sight, out of mind) has had a monumental effect on what the government does.

Here's a little anecdote (OK, not so little) from Davy Crockett that sums up for me how the government is not in the charity business; that should be left up to the citizens:

http://personalliberty.com/2010/04/09/sockdolager-a-tale-of-davy-crockett-charity-and-congress/

@Nick Gisburne - I agree and disagree. I agree that we don't live in isolation, but I disagree that the only mean to address that is taxes. Charitible giving allows an individual to assess where his/her money goes (what's a worthy cause, which organization maximises their dollars the best/helps the greatest amount of people, etc...). Taxes going towards government programs doesn't allow an individual to distribute their money to programs they deem worthy vs programs they deem a monetary waste (such as the Gravina Island Bridge, aka, the Bridge to Nowhere).

@rhonda - Who are you trying to convince; faceless, nameless, anonymous internet posters, or yourself?

@Krisis Mundial - You somehow seem to think this is new. Do you not know Teddy Roosevelt threatened to ban college football over 100 years ago over...safety issues?

http://symonsez.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/when-a-president-threatened-to-abolish-football-in-the-united-states/