As Shakespeare would have put it: "Their salad days, when they were green in judgment"

 

The quote is, of course, from Shakespeare's play "Antony and Cleopatra".  It seems particularly appropriate for this report.

Come-hither cultivators vying for the title of North Carolina’s “sexiest collard farmer” are wilting with disappointment because they got down and dirty entering steamy pictures — only to be told they should have put some dressing on that salad.

“I’m a little disappointed that this year they did not post my picture,” said farmer and defending champion Lee Berry, referring to the contest organizer’s Facebook page.

Berry, 54, submitted a photo of himself wearing what he thought any true sex symbol of collard greenery should wear – nothing but collard greens themselves – and was sure he would clinch the crown again..

But the competition’s organizer – who holds voting for the contest on his Facebook page, “The State You’re In” – said he feared Berry’s photo might get flagged by Facebook’s censors and bring the entire contest crashing down.

There's more at the link, including several more examples of salad-acious pictures.

I have to smile at the thought of collard greens being considered "sexy" in any way, shape or form.  Boiled up with pepper vinegar, they're very tasty, but in digestive rather than coital terms.  As Sherlock Holmes might have put it:  "Alimentary, my dear Watson!"

Nevertheless, I can get behind the objective of the competition.  There are thousands of people in North Carolina who are struggling to get their lives back together after the destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene.  I wish the collard farmers well in their fund-raising efforts.  (I also have to giggle at the name of the Web site set up for the contest:  it's http://www.collardsonly.com/.  I don't think Onlyfans needs to worry about their competition!)

Peter