Once Ned's sister was riding in the car with her husband, in relative silence, when all of a sudden he said, "And that's why I don't like corn."
"...You were just having a conversation with me in your mind, weren't you?" she asked. He admitted he kinda was.
Today's assignment is, in the comments, give me the rest of the story.
I was stalked by a colonel, and that's why I don't like corn.
It's always bugged me that you're so smug about calling it maize. THAT is why I don't like corn.
The winner gets a million dollars. Or wind-up lederhosen.
Go.
Oh, and P.S. My roots turned out fine. And THAT is why I don't like corn.
