10-7-12
I am preparing to add this copy of the Beanpot, compliments of Bob Knight, into Vol 2 of new Boston book, “Baked Beans”. When I first saw a copy of the Beanpot, which came to me compliments of the family of Augustus Harris, I was amazed. Each week, the print shop aboard the Boston cranked out a new newsletter – a truly remarkable “group effort” that included “local news”, drawings and cartoons submitted by the guys, sports news (scores and items that were sometimes weeks and months old), submitted articles and many forms of humor. My inner 20-year old can’t help chuckling over some of the jokes. In fact, one of them in this issue really cracked me up. I’ll transcribe it here (from GAGS for GOBS):
HONORABLE EXIT
Three old maids were sitting on a veranda knitting. Suddenly, a fluttery hen, being chased by a big red rooster, ran across the busy street and was killed by a passing car. “Ah,” sighed one of the ancient vintages, “how wonderful! She chose death instead.”
steve