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June 11, 2006
Fun Facts About Massachusetts - The Director's Cut
Although the podcast is still on hiatus, I just realized that I never posted the uncut Fun Facts About Massachusetts, therefore... The version on the IMAO podcast (March 9th "Friends Don't Let Friends Shoot Friends in the Face") was cut here & there for time & quality reasons. My unsullied and divinely inspired artistic vision is in the extended entry... Welcome to Fun Facts About the 50 States. I'm your host, Harvey, and - week by week - I'll be taking you on a tour around this great nation of ours, providing you with interesting yet completely useless and probably untrue, information about each of the 50 states. This week, it's time to go drunk driving with the Kennedys in Massachusetts, so let's get started... Massachusetts became the 6th state on February 6th 1788, thereby stripping Pennsylvania of its coveted "hardest state name to spell correctly" title. The state flag of Massachusetts consists of a white field emblazoned with a fat senator waving a gin bottle while driving off a bridge. The state motto of Massachusetts is "The Yankees Suck!" The state flower of Massachusetts is the gin blossom, which makes Ted Kennedy's face a protected state wilderness area. The highest point in Massachusetts is Mt. Greylock at 3500 feet. It was recently re-named "Mt. Whitelock" after it successfully defeated a Balrog. Massachusetts was nicknamed the Bay State because its large native population of werewolves spend a lot of time howling at the moon. The word Massachusetts is a Narraganset Indian word meaning "Tribal elders say ok. Squaw can marry squaw". Massachusetts has a population of 6 million people, all of whom have a harder time pronouncing the letter "R" than a busload of Japanese tourists. The state song of Massachusetts is "The Theme From Brokeback Mountain". Actor Jack Albertson was born in Malden, Massachusetts, and was best known for playing Grandpa Joe in the original version of "Teddy and the Whiskey Factory". Salem, Massachusetts was the site of the infamous witch trials of 1692, where over 50 women were burned at the stake for weighing the same as a duck. The first subway system was built in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1897. The subway cars were originally propelled by lashing an Irishman to the front and dangling a potato in front of him. The town of Franklin, Massachusetts was NOT named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, as most people think, but rather for the token black kid in the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special. The city of Rockport, Massachusetts contains a house that's built entirely out of old newspapers. Visitors are requested not to jump to any hasty conclusions regarding why the toilet is made out of the New York Times. The birth control pill was invented in Worcester, Massachusetts, and proved to be even more effective at preventing conception than attending a Star Trek Convention dressed as a Klingon. Boston, Massachusetts takes its name from an Irish word meaning "crime-ridden cesspool". The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 after the sword Excalibur was pulled from Plymouth Rock by Arthur, King of the Pilgrims. Why, yes, I *was* watching "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" while reseaching these fun facts. All the Founding Fathers threw tea into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party on December 16th, 1773, except for John Hancock, who was busy writing his name in the snow in letters large enough for King George to read without his glasses. Massachusetts was originally settled by the cast of the British TV show, "Survivor: Plymouth". Massachusetts is currently engulfed in a brutal civil war between Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme over which is the "One True Donut". The Massachusetts tourism slogan is, "Man, woman, goat - whatever - if you can fit it into a wedding dress, you can marry it here." On this day in 1985, Ted Kennedy successfully drove over a brige without killing anyone. Well, technically he ran over a homeless guy, but that doesn't really count. Soldiers from Massachusetts are the most feared of all American fighting men, since - being true Patriots - they always defeat their enemies with a last-second field goal. Well, that wraps up the Massachusetts edition of Fun Facts About the 50 States. Next week I'll be taking a swing through the land of new cars and breakfast cereals as I visit Michigan. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to finish getting this goat into a wedding dress. 14 Responses To "Fun Facts About Massachusetts - The Director's Cut"
Here are some Massachusetts' Crazy Laws: (They are real) Children may smoke, but they may not purchase cigarettes.
Affiliation with the Communist party is illegal (Unless you are a registered democrat).
The funniest part of this post was "week by week, I'll be . . . " #2 - Posted by: blue square on June 11, 2006 02:25 PMBoston, Massachusetts takes its name from an Irish word meaning crime-ridden cesspool ,too true, but we are slowly getting better. Now if we could only get Tom Reilly "Mr. Unfortunately" (the attorney general) out of office maybe some criminals would get prosecuted. As for the brutal civil war between Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme- KK isn't making it here, DOUBLE D RANCH ALL THE WAY BABY!!! #3 - Posted by: Laura on June 11, 2006 02:39 PMOh yeah, there is one more dumb law in Massachuesetts I forgot about. Appaerently it is not against the law to drive off a bridge while intoxicated and leave a young lady to drown. "When I returned to the cah Mary Jo was gone. Er, so was the cah" #4 - Posted by: captamerica on June 11, 2006 07:24 PMSo when was the "IMAO Podcast" going to return to the internet airwaves? #6 - Posted by: AussieCasper on June 12, 2006 12:53 AM"The first subway system was built in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1897. The subway cars were originally propelled by lashing an Irishman to the front and dangling a potato in front of him." "Boston, Massachusetts takes its name from an Irish word meaning "crime-ridden cesspool." Ouch! OUCH!!! If had been a bit more inebriated, I'd give you a piece of my mind. Being sober at the moment, I realize I don't have it to spare... Now if they had dangled a pint o' Guiness, that would be different... lol Harvey, did you do NM yet? We're the land of the new-age moonbats; all that pot, peyote, and spiritual karma + Santa Fe does have more homosexuals per capita than 'Frisco, after all. Don't misunderstand; their sex life is their business, not mine, but I've yet to to see a Straight-Pride Day parade here. And we have Bill Richardson for a governor (shudder). The same guy that pandered to latino governments abroad and latino-exclusive initiatives here, but only recently decided that illegal immigration is a serious problem, and asked for Federal help. BTW, he's now reneging on the issue & criticizing the decision to deploy the National Guard to enforce the law. What a smart, smart guy! The podcast? That's kind of a SarahK question. She's the producer/director/key grip on that one. As for New Mexico, that's about 10 states farther down the list. I'm going alphabetically. #8 - Posted by: Harvey on June 12, 2006 07:47 AMYep! I too wanna know. Anyways, I'm waiting to see more similar posts. #9 - Posted by: Bobby on June 12, 2006 08:09 AM//It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath. // Does Teddy K know about this one? Crap. I was hoping there was a podcast out there to be had when I saw this title. #11 - Posted by: Ricky on June 12, 2006 04:23 PMKeep in mind that we started the whole damn country, Massacre, tea party, Lexington, Concord, etc. If you don't speak like us, YOU have the accent. Those Salem witches weren't burned for weighing the same as a duck, they had turned a loca man into a newt. #12 - Posted by: pelletman on June 13, 2006 12:01 AMPelletman - I heard that guy got better, though :-) #13 - Posted by: Harvey on June 13, 2006 12:13 AMlol Yeah, but the girls sure didn't. I don't think CPR & burn therapy was very advanced back then. It's really too bad, since the same thing figuratively happens now with conserverative women like Michelle Malkin & Anne Colture. "We don't like what awful things they say in their books, or on their websites, but we say anything to disparage our opponents to garner pity for ourselves. Those bitches!!!" #14 - Posted by: AlanABQ on June 13, 2006 06:41 AMPost a comment
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