And I always thought beans were "the magical fruit, the more you eat 'em
the more you toot, the more you toot, the better you feel..."

I wasn't familiar with this means of learning the "social graces."

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Davidson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 1999 6:48 AM
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Subject: Beans , good for the heart

>
 .....also kool beans cold beans- brings up the
childrens ditty...beans , beans , good for the heart;
 the more you eat the more you ----   this was no joke; if a kid( on my
block)
was to "dis" his peers by letting one fly; he had to quickly cite this
ditty 3
times while the rest of the ruffians pummeled him on the arms and back;
quickly learning the social graces  that now takes a bucketfull of money
and a
bording school to correct...born in the stone age M