This day in history, January 15, 1919.
You just can't make this up..........
While researching a little history of 1919 (the year ThirteenEleven was born), I came across this headline from Boston. It reads that a 8'-15' wave of molasses moving at about 35 mph, rolled down the street.
Can you imagine the conversations years later?........."So how did Aunt Irene die?" ..........."She died from a great wave of molasses." ............"What? Molasses?"............."Yes, Molasses...."Read more about it..........here.
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Good grief! Can you imagine the cleanup after that?! And a wave of molasses at 35 mph defies the old expression "slow as molasses", doesn't it?!
Sticky sticky... imagine trying to get THAT off of your lawn!
Slow as Molasses in January!?!? In Boston ?!?! Must have been some more explosion.
I remember reading about this somewhere. I think it said that on a really hot day you can still see molasses in some spots.
Papa Joe had better watch out! His syrup might explode and bury the Horrah's Nest.
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