Admit it. Before you even started reading these words, you looked at the title of this posting and finished the rest of the words, right? When a person of any age hears the words "beans, beans," we all instinctively finish the rest of the line, usually out loud for everyone to hear: "...the musical fruit! The more you eat, the more you toot."Somehow my daughter and one of her friends were not aware of the rest of this classic song, so another adult (and a valued member of the Hank Smoot Files readership) felt it was necessary to educate them by teaching them the rest of the lyrics: "The more you toot, the better you feel. Let's have beans for every meal!"
Well, the girls seemed to think that was just the most incredible song they had ever learned, and they spent a pretty large percentage of their Memorial Day singing it and improvising the words to somehow make it even more obnoxious.
They enjoyed singing it very loudly while I took them for an excursion in the car. By the end of the day, they were even sort of harmonizing it. At least it took their minds off of their other annoying song they had made up a few years ago. They used to sing "Row, row, row your boat, gently down your throat!" And then they'd giggle for 15 minutes at a time about it.
If the weather cooperates, I'll be taking Little Smoot to Kennywood later today, where she'll undoubtedly meet up with friends who will make me wish that "Beans, Beans" was the most annoying thing I'd be experiencing.
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Ah yes, the grade school classics. Our son was puzzled as to why nobody would take him up on his offer of ABC gum..."Because we've already completed grade 5, bud. Go ask your cousin who's in Kindergarten." Now for the real test, Hank: Do you know what to do if someone tells you "Kennywood's open?" This must be a Pittsburgh-kid classic that never spread to the northern boonies.
-Anonymous-BC Gum
Anyone who remembers my rendition of "Flander's Fields" back in 8th grade knows what "Kennywood's Open" means.
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