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APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutlines — 9/17/07


Dawn Wendzel/AP Photo, Gull Meadow Farms

In this aerial photo provided by Gull Meadow Farms, a maze in a cornfield in the likeness of the nation's 38th president, the late Gerald R. Ford, is seen recently at Gull Meadow Farms near Richland, Mich. A company that specializes in corn maze design drew up the plans for the Ford portrait, which says PRESIDENT FORD across the top and THANKS below. You write the cutline.

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1. In the field nearby is a likeness of Dick Nixon, with the caption "Pardon me, Jerry" -- John Austin.

2. Just as the photographer was snapping this picture, the helicopter pilot encountered some turbulence, causing the words "FOR NOTHING" to be omitted from the bottom of the shot -- Kendramama.

3. Aliens thanked President Ford for being a true believer by stamping his image in a cornfield. "He believed in extraterrestrials and had an extra testicle," they said in a press release -- Brent Andrews.

HM: Mrs. Mac Energetic



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