WindyCityPrince > wrote in
:

> Boston is the home of baked beans in America.



Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, so Boston is the *real* 'Windy City' :-)


>
> 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.
>

Interesting!! I thought it was because it's always blowing a gale!!


You learn something new every day :-)


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


Over here it's Baked Australia, because we really *are* baking!!


--
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."