Pick up lines done the ag way

Nov 17, 2016

Farmers are sharing their “corn”iest pick up lines on social media

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

Despite being about three months away from Valentine’s Day, farmers are taking to social media to share their best farming-related pick up lines.

On Thursday morning, the hashtag #FarmingPickupLines was trending across Twitter, and people couldn’t resist the urge to get it on the fun.

A user named Ben from Loughborough, England said “you and me would make a good combine-ation.”

Kesha Tedder from South Africa asked “hay girl, how you doin?”

In a tweet, Josh Keaton’s thought he was named after equipment when he said “My name must be John Deere ‘cause I’m totally a Tractored to you.”

A few tweets using the hashtag #FarmingPickupLines
Photos: Twitter

Heath Kimbrell from Sunray, Texas asked “What do you think about combining our net worths? We could borrow a lot of money together.”

To which his wife, Amber, replied “I can’t believe I fell for this!”

The Twitter account for Farmerama, a radio show in the United Kingdom, said “If you want to get with me, you’re on the right tractor.”

User Elwood P. Dowd tweeted, “Let’s bale out of here.”

What farming pick up line would you use to attract someone?

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