Crop Circles...

[CailinDeas]

Do any of you live near some of these? Would you agree that they are wonderful expressions of art or are they just "a pain" for local farmers?

[DJHawkes]

so not aliens then? bummer
http://www.ukcropcircles.co.uk/

[Maydup]

We had one up the lane and I can honestly say it was both a wonderful work of art and a complete pain for the farmer - ruined the crop, and for the locals - cars stopping on verges and on bends causing driving hazzards.

[LazyGun]

I was going to say what maydup said. They can be acknowledged as fantastically creative works of art - and a pain in the backside for the farmer whose fields have been appropriated as a canvas :)

Or - its aliens..

[ummmm]

I'd be mightily annoyed if someone used my field to make art...

[wildwood]

It is just another form of graffiti. It is criminal damage to the farmers property.

[Baby_Sham]

It's not "art". Crop circles are messages from alien life forms.

I have no idea what they're trying to say. Probably asking for us to record Eastenders or something...

[Arksided]

I love the designs... etc... whether they're Alien Hiroglyths or not. (we need a Rosetta stone)

[jno]

they're like graffiti, aren't they, people taking over other people's property to "express themselves". I'd be annoyed if some clown (or alien) decided to carve patterns on my lawn, and unlike a farmer I don't even have to make a living out of what's growing there.

[Arksided]

Pest control on a wide scale.

[CailinDeas]

Calling all aliens out there... you'd be very welcome indeed to my little lawn...see if you can make it interesting!!!

[jno]

just use your imagination...

http://innocentenglish.com/daily-break/funny-pictures/funny-lawn-sculpture-picture.jpg

[CailinDeas]

No....topiary doesn't do it!!

[jno]

I suppose you could just leave it

http://img0.etsystatic.com/013/0/6627907/il_570xN.417648712_ptv0.jpg

[CailinDeas]

Yes Jno, I like that. Any excuse not to mow!!

[Arksided]

Lol... maybe they're just confused Ants

[naomi24]

Some of them are incredibly intricate - very clever - but a pain for farmers who lose their crop.

A wily old farmer neighbour who’s always out to ‘make a few bob’ came up with the idea of making a crop circle and charging people an entrance fee to see it. His long-suffering wife, exasperated by this latest potty scheme said it was the ‘last straw’ – get it? – and threatened to leave him if he went ahead – so he didn’t.

[Octavius]

I guess it is both artistic to onlookers, and a pain in the rear for farmers.

[doctordb]

I live slap bang in the middle of crop circle country and this seasons first arrived last week. Most of the farmers can't stand the destruction of their property and have started resorting to cutting the circles instantly in the hope that it deters people from trampling on their crop.
A few years ago one farmer at avebury was charging £5 to see his 'ring' ;),though, the suspicion was that he'd made it himself.

I don't know how much but I think crop circle season brings a small boost to the local economy. The nearest microlight company does well and the local pubs are swelled by people with matted hair and children called 'leaf' and 'galaxy'.

Its hilarious to see people from all over the world standing in these alien crop circles, arms aloft, taking in their energy and power when all along it was probably made last night by ollie, stonk and 'ten gallon' alan on their way back from the waggon and horses.

[mikey4444]

I am not a Farmer but I'm not sure I wouldn't be very pleased by twits coming on to my land and trampling down my crop !

Silly and juvenile.

[LazyGun]

I cannot remember now exactly where I read this - but I am pretty sure that it is on record that one of the earliest and most elaborate crop circles that came to the worlds attention was actually dreamed up by the Farmer who owned the land... If I find the article, I will post a link here.