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Show m, From where I sit ... Joe Marsh WT But Cur'y "Knows What The Score is!" Was over at Doc Sherman's drug store listening to the World Series on the radio. Curly Lawson wanders wan-ders in and says: "How about a chocolate malted. Doc?" "Sorry, Curly," says Doc, "can't make you a malted for a while yet." "What's the idea?" Curly asks. "Well," says Doc, "most of the folks want to hear the game and the mixer makes too much noise." Curly thinks a moment and says, "Okay with me, Doc I'll take a chocolate soda!" This shows how tolerant folks can be. Doc showed his respect for how the majority felt; Curly was big enough not to insist on his malted even though he doesn't happen hap-pen to be fond of baseball. I From where I sit, willingness to respect the other people's feelings is important in a Democracy. If we're tolerant of a person's like for baseball or a glass of temperate temper-ate beer, we've come a long way on the right road ... the road to a better America, that is I I ; Copyright, 1949, United States Brewers Foundation |