Georgia Man Lives in a Corn Bin

Newsday ^ | March 20, 2002 | ELLIOTT MINOR -- Associated Press Writer

[Willie Green]

PARROTT, Ga. -- One man's corn bin has become another man's castle.

In need of a new home in the midst of a divorce, Gary Buford transformed a galvanized steel grain bin into a cozy, comfortable one-bedroom house with sparkling white kitchen cabinets, modern appliances and a king-size bed.

"In any divorce, the man gets his underwear and toothbrush and hits the road," said Buford, 47. "There was no doubt I would need a place to live. I thought, 'It might as well be here.' I never liked to rent anything."

[Willie Green]

The Boll Weevil Song

Words and Music: by Brook Benton and Clyde Otis

Transcriber's note: all words are spoken EXCEPT those in < > which are sung.

Let me tell ya a story about a boll weevil
Now, some of you may not know, but a boll weevil is an insect.
And he's found mostly where cotton grows.
Now, where he comes from, hm, nobody really knows.
But this is the way the story goes.

The farmer said to the boll weevil "I see you're on the square"
Boll weevil said to the farmer "Say yep! My whole darn family's here"
<We gotta have a home, gotta have a home>

The farmer said to the boll weevil
"Say, why do you pick my farm?"
The weevil just laughed at the farmer 'n' said
"We ain't gonna do ya much harm"
<We're looking for a ho-o-o-o-o,-o-o-o, -o-o-o, o-o-ome" >

And the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug.
He said "Hey, I'd like to make a tradewith you.
But, ya see if I was a lightning bug,
I'd search the whole night through"
<Searchin' for a home, I'd have me plenty of home">

And the boll weevil called the farmer,
'n' he said "Ya better sell your old machines,
'cause when I'm through with your cotton,
heh, you can't even buy gasoline."
<I'm gonna stake me a home, gotta have a home>

And the boll weevil said to the farmer,
said " Farmer, I'd like to wish you well."
Farmer said to the boll weevil, "Yeah, an' I wish that you were in ****"
<Lookin' for a home, lookin' for a home>
<Ahh, you have a home all right, you have a home>
<A real hot home, ahhh >

[tracer]

I heard that he was a retired Colonel who lost an ear after being stalked. Now he invites his friends to "come see my crib".....

[tracer]

And when they compliment him on his taste in decor, all he can say is "Aw, shucks"....

[NC_Libertarian]

That was corny.

[tracer]

And he emphatically states that remarriage would go against the grain. He worries about what his future children would say in response to their mother's rebuke about leaving the door open.

"Were yoiu brats born in a barn? Oh, never mind!!"

[tracer]

Yes, but I'm outstanding in my field....

[joesnuffy]

Well I was glad to 'ear he was able to 'cob'ble it together and put finally put down 'roots'.
Hopefully he will never have to 'leaf' home again.

[tracer]

I suspect that you are a plant for some intelligence agency.... 8~)

[x]

This could be the start of a whole new lifestyle for Buford. Home and Garden TV featured two gentlemen in Illinois who made themselves a summer house out of an old corn crib.

[lsee]

Good for him...I'd like to see it...Can't be any stranger than some of the other structures architects have designed, like round homes, homes in hillsides, etc.

[Ben Ficklin]

Although he was best known for the geodesic dome and the three wheel car, Buckminster Fuller also designed a home based on the grain bin in 1941. This house was to be made of aluminum and the plan at the end of WW 2 was for the aircraft industry to build them.

Link

[RJayneJ]

Essay Of The Week

[NewHampshireDuo]

Any chance of pictures of this place?

[GuillermoX]

ba da boom