MADISON — Stopping by the Madison town garage Friday morning to see Madison Old Home Week veteran bean boiler Candy Jones do her stuff stirring the array of baked bean pots brought to mind that old joke that Boston duckboat drivers tell to unsuspecting passengers about how many beans are packed into a can of Boston Baked Beans:
“239,” is the answer, “because one more would be two-farty!”
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