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Subject: Origins: Funniest John Henry Story Ever Told From: voyager Date: 27 Oct 14 - 02:57 PM This story goes back about 15 years when our #2 son was in his cub scout years. We parents put together a 'Cub Scout Jeopardy' quiz for the kids with the category of 'Tall Tales'. Question #1 - This lumberjack road a blue ox named Babe and leveled a forest with one swing of his ax. No answer provided by the kids Question #2 - This brave engineer stayed with his train and lost his life warning the driver & passengers of the upcoming crash. No answer provided by the kids Question #3 - In a contest with a steam drill machine, this workman (steel driver) won a contest digging out a tunnel for a railway line. Hesitance, pause, carpet shuffling of shoes and then the spunkiest lad in the bunch chimed out - "I know the answer. Who was Harriet Tubman?". Convulsive laughter ensued. Our 'all-knowing scout master' later explained the logic this way - Harriet Tubman was a historical black person who was instrumental in the founding of the Underground Railroad (QED - as was to be shown). voyager |
Subject: RE: Origins: Funniest John Henry Story Ever Told From: Mrrzy Date: 27 Oct 14 - 03:13 PM There were a lot of train wreck songs, which one did you mean? |
Subject: RE: Origins: Funniest John Henry Story Ever Told From: voyager Date: 27 Oct 14 - 03:23 PM Casey Jones |
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