Postcard of the Day

[fflo]

 

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[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

I am so curious what this is about. I googled, but all I got was the postcard.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I've been wondering too! Could it be like "remember the main course"? That doesn't seem like a great bet.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I've done my googling and discovered that the Maine was a US warship that blew up in mysterious circumstances in the harbour at Havana- but I really can't see what that has to do with beans....

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I'm stumped too. I know the phrase "Remember the Maine" was a rallying cry, like "Remember the Alamo", we heard about in American history classes. Cubans exporting beans, maybe, or having beans in their cuisine? Doesn't seem likely. As I told zyzyly above, I'd been thinking maybe it was some play on the main[e] course.

[pane-carasau079.livejournal.com]

Could I take it on a more childlike approach? Like ok, you vegetarians - beans MIGHT be more nutritious than meat, but it can really blow you up - like the Maine... as in gassy?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

OH, that may well be it! ("Boom!")

[pane-carasau079.livejournal.com]

LOL Love it!