In honor of the first day of trout season here in Missouri (yes, some consider it a holiday), I thought I'd share this postcard, even if it's from Mississippi. Unfortunately, we received 6 inches of snow last night which resulted in a 35-car pileup on the main highway into Missouri's trout fishing parks, so I'm not sure how well opening day worked out.
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I'm not crazy, right? It says, "I got the roaches"?
609 (or 604) Spruce street appears to be a parking lot now. Too bad, it's right by Busch Stadium. Joe Weiss' Central Tavern would have done a booming business. Come to think of it, it says "c/o Central Tavern". I wonder if Joe owned the tavern or Harry just knew the postcard would find him there.
to me the best thing about this is that he sent a postcard to his friend in care of some bar they hung out in. its like homer sending a postcard to barney, c/o moe's tavern -- because he knows he'll be there when the mail is delivered, haha.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet they all yelled, "JOOOEEEE!!!!" when he walked in.
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