Remember these torture balls?

[Jazzy1]

 

[Gardenlover]

Painful memories indeed.

 

[RadishRose]

Those things drove me crazy.

 

[Imogene]

They still exist if the pastures aren’t kept bushhogged.

I have seen current photos of them making horses manes, forelocks, and tails unidentifiable. There are photos on Shutterstock that the manes and forelocks are so full, the only hope of ridding them of the burdocks is to shave the manes and forelocks off.

 

[Aunt Bea]

The tiny ones are annoying too.

 

[WOLF ANGEL]

Occupational hazard for a yoing lad playing in the woods =

 

[jujube]

I remember how they hurt your fingers when you tried to take them off. Moistening the fingers with saliva helped some. We called them "field lice".

 

[Imogene]

The tiny ones are annoying too.

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Yes, there are these very annoying things

 

[dobielvr]

I have them all over my dry non existent lawn in the summertime. I've been told how to fix it...but haven't done it.

 

[C50]

I still deal with them, even when I try and avoid them they somehow manage to jump onto me.

 

[Ted01]

Common Burdock...

 

[VaughanJB]

You think you've got problems. At the right time of year my dog comes home covered in those.

 

[hearlady]

Better than these. We got them swimming in the pond sometimes. Gross!!!!

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I didn't know what you were referring to at first, but yes, I remember those. . I'm pretty sure at least a couple of them got on me. I don't think they were too much of a problem where I grew up though

 

[Ruthanne]

I think they are called Brrrs or something similar. Yeah, they were a real pain!