Thursday, August 3, 2023, Grant Boroughs
Veggie Tales Today is Grant Borough 's 5th visit to the Corner, fresh from an appearance at the NYT . He takes us on a visit to the County Fair to see the winners of the BVOAT contest ( Best Vegetables of All Time ), exhibiting 4 common veggies, all sliced short to sound like a common phrase ... 17A. Proud proclamation at the county fair produce contest?: THAT'S MY CU CUMBER . Our CUCUMBERS are coming in faster than we can eat them, so tomorrow I'm making pickles. Sliced cucumbers 26A. Praises a prizewinner at the county fair produce contest?: HAILS A CAB BAGE . These require an early start and we didn't. 45A. Cause of a frantic search at the county fair produce contest?: LOST ART ICHOKE . They don't grow in these parts, at least I haven't found any ... Arthur C. Clarke said that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". The same could be said for LOST ARTS . The skills necessary to build another Chartres C...