There’s a pun about “organically grown” food:
“There was a guy who played the organ in his garden to get organically grown food.”
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2001.
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There was a guy who played the organ in his garden to get organically grown food.
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Postby Caboobie » Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:47 am
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There was a guy who played the organ in his garden to get organically grown food.
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i play an Organ in the garden each morning before work thus all of my vegetables are ORGANICALLY grown ...
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Well, you know what I heard about Mr. Crow?
I heard he would play the organ in his garden to get organically grown food.
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“There was a guy who played the organ in his garden to get organically grown food.”
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There was a guy who played the organ in his garden to get organically grown food.
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@Raynsith This reminds me of a story of this guy who played the organ in his garden to get organically grown food.
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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