[The Duke]

I worked for several summers of my youth driving a tractor on the family farm in West Tennesse. Because my father was such a hardass I seldom - make that NEVER - took a break when moving from field to field.

But I do recall one afternoon, now almost 30 years ago, that while in transit between wheat fields, I came apon a perfect circle in one of the fields. It was so strange and so perfect that I dared to stop the tractor for 5-10 minutes just to observe at it.

It would be many years before I would first hear the word "crop circle".

[risk]

I'm still thinking "weapons systems demonstration" when I hear talk about the big, fancy ones.