Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:49:01 -0500
Subject: Re: Great Molasses Flood in Boston
Status: RO

In alt.religion.kibology, swt (dumplechan@hotmail.com) wrote:

Kevin S. Wilson <rescyou@spro.net> wrote in 
news:c7q410tamm8p4qavur3ukgqhiifaite1k0@4ax.com:

> Why have we not had an update from the notable Bostonian Kibologists
> upon the 85th anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood?

Taste it and you'll say: "Wow, that's great molasses flood!"

> "[O]n January 15, 1919, a gigantic steel vat exploded, spewing 2.3
> million gallons of molten molasses. Thirty-foot waves of gooey liquid
> plowed through the streets, catching men, women, horses and vermin in
> its sticky flow, crushing freight cars, wagons and automobiles and
> reducing entire buildings to broken planks of wood."

Listen, my children, and I shall tell
Of a sugary treat sent straight from hell
Waves of molasses flooded Boston
Drowning the victims in yummy gel

Don Martin rushed quickly on the scene 
with a Portable Edison Cylinder Machine, 
and recorded an hour of sound effects 
that he used in his work at Mad magazine

That night (we read from several sources),
Boston ate a meal of several courses
They dumped tea into their sweetened harbor
And ate fifty sugar-coated horses
 
A week of cleanup was begun
The next day, a woman scared everyone
When she yelled after her husband, "Honey!"
Nobody thought it was very funny.

Listen, my children, and I shall tell
Of a sugary treat sent straight from hell
Waves of molasses flooded Boston
Drowning the victims in yummy gel

-- 
swt