"Plant corn, you get corn" & "Send donkey around the world, comes back donkey"

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These two "proverbs" were discussed just now on the New York Observer's  
"Politicker." While they said were said New York City politicians, neither  
proverb is originally from New York City. Both are actually quite old.
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_http://www.observer.com/thepoliticker/_ 
(http://www.observer.com/thepoliticker/) 
 
Politicker Quiz 
 
 

Of which New York politician is it said, "Plant  corn and you get corn"?

(My new favorite saying. Kind of a down-home  version of _Galatians  6:7_ 
(http://www.blueletterbible.org/tmp_dir/popup/1138135265-7375.html#6) .)

And -- extra credit! -- what does it mean?  



Posted by Ben _1/24/2006  03:37:00 PM_ 
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Extra credit for those who identify who said "send a donkey around the world  
and he comes back a donkey" and referring to which NY politician.
Anonymous | 01.24.06 - 5:02 pm | _#_ 
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_Practical  Miracles for Mars and Venus: Nine Principles for Lasting Love, 
Increasing  Success,..._ 
(http://books.google.com/books?ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&vid=ISBN0060937300&id=9ye50bZO6FsC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq="you+get+corn"&prev=http://b
ooks.google.com/books?q=%22you+get+corn%22&sig=Cn8Cg2bqi3l3PuBd7t-7t_fKO4c) 
by John Gray - Self-help -  2001 - 272 pages
Page 99 - If you plant corn, then you get  corn. If you don't plant corn, 
then you don't
get corn. While this was an  advanced teaching thousands of years ago, ... 
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_White  Man's Grave_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&vid=ISBN031213214X&id=UY9ATZwvLOgC&pg=RA1-PT74&lpg=RA1-PT74&dq="you+get+corn"&prev=h
ttp://books.google.com/books?q=%22you+get+corn%22&sig=TwyvhtUIwp5dHEdqmcik3g4w
O6k) 
by Richard Dooling -  Fiction - 1995 - 400 pages
Page - In the Midwest, they might say, ‘If  you plant corn, you get corn,' 
something like
that. Anyway, some forks  respond to the frequency, others don't, ...
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_Sowing and Reaping; Conclusion (6:7-18)_ 
(http://209.239.56.130/theopenheart/Galatians/Galnote6c.htm)  
    ... If you plant corn,  you'll get corn; beans grow beans, etc. The  more 
you plant, the more you get. If you planted weeds, you'd get weeds.  ... 
209.239.56.130/theopenheart/Galatians/Galnote6c.htm - 37k -  Supplemental 
Result - _Cached_ 
(http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:tDIyGXMrXucJ:209.239.56.130/theopenheart/Galatians/Galnote6c.htm+"you'll+get+corn"+and+"plant+corn"&hl=e
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_Great Southern TAFE Bus Centre & Lifestyle 2006_ 
(http://www.gstafe.wa.gov.au/courses/regional_guide.html)      Smart Socialising for Business Success. 
When You  Plant Corn, You Get Corn: Take your Life & Business in a New  
Direction ...
www.gstafe.wa.gov.au/courses/regional_guide.html - 57k -  _Cached_ 
(http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:bOGynKtdSTwJ:www.gstafe.wa.gov.au/courses/regional_
guide.html+"plant+corn,+you+get+corn"&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)  - _Similar pages_ 
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rses/regional_guide.html) 
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_CNN.com - Transcripts_ 
(http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0405/22/cst.03.html)      LIN: If you raise a smart kid, you know, you  plant corn, you get 
corn. That's what a good friend of mine says.  O'NEIL: Yes. LIN: All right, 
thanks so much, ...
transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0405/22/cst.03.html - 79k -  _Cached_ 
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_North America_ 
(http://www.dawnministries.org/globalministries/northamerica/johnwhite/mtg_help_share.htm)      "If you plant corn, you get corn later  
during the harvest season. Likewise, as you sow emotional intimacy into  your 
marriage, in time you will reap ...
www.dawnministries.org/globalministries/  
northamerica/johnwhite/mtg_help_share.htm - 18k - _Cached_ 
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_NPR : Orrin Hudson's Life Lessons in Chess_ (http://www.n
pr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3818237)      If you plant corn, you'll get  corn. If 
you plant nightshade, which is a deadly poison, you'll get  nightshade. So that 
showed me how these children--if they  ...
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_WelchWrite News - January 2004_ 
(http://welchwrite.com/dewelch/news/ww0401.asp) 
There  is an old proverb that says, "even if A donkey goes traveling, he  
still
comes back A donkey." While this may be true in some part, I  believe that ...
welchwrite.com/dewelch/news/ww0401.asp - 41k - Supplemental  Result - 
_Cached_ 
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_Virginia Fields: We Interrupt this Attack  Blog!_ 
(http://virginiafields.com/archives/2005/08/we_interrupt_this_attack_blog.html) 
... candidate Abe Hirschfeld said of C.  Virginia Fields, "My Mother always 
told
me, send a donkey around the  world and he comes back a donkey. ...
virginiafields.com/archives/  2005/08/we_interrupt_this_attack_blog.html - 
25k - _Cached_ 
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the+world"&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)  - _Similar pages_ 
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_City Council Meetings_ 
(http://groups.google.com/group/eug.local.activists/browse_thread/thread/8c7c7f5823d590e7/5958fd888c72dbec?lnk=st&q="comes+back+a+do
nkey"&rnum=26&hl=en#5958fd888c72dbec)  
City Council meetings  are open to the public, right? Where, when? -- The
donkey who goes out  travelling stills comes back a donkey.   
_eug.local.activists_ 
(http://groups.google.com/group/eug.local.activists?lnk=sg&hl=en)  -  Mar 31 1996, 2:32 am by Ben Sharvy - 2 messages - 2 authors 

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