Boston is the home of baked beans in America.

The Windy City is Chicago (where I am from) and was born out of a
reference to politicians around the time of the World's Fair in
Chicago and their propensity for talking and blowing lots of hot air.


Baked Chicago is just a play on the term Baked Alaska. I like to bake
and I'm from Chicago.



On Dec 16, 10:07*pm, PeterL > wrote:
> KevinS > wrote in news:463ed21f-2410-40dc-8999-
> :
>
> > On Dec 16, 6:55 pm, PeterL > wrote:
>
> >> BTW, no offence, but every time I see your ID name,
> >> I keep thinking..."Where do they make baked beans?" ;-)
>
> > Peter,
>
> > I have had the impression that this poster has some
> > connection with Chicago, which is sometimes called
> > the windy city. I know you're an Aussie, so I wasn't
> > sure that you would have been aware of that.
>
> Yep, I knew about that (ex-wife is a native of Chicago). Still doesn't stop
> that flash of wind=baked beans :-)
>
> --
> Peter Lucas
> Brisbane
> Australia
>
> "Life is not like a box of chocolates... it's more like a jar of jalapenos.
> What you do today... might burn your ass tomorrow."