Boys Town or Boy's Town or Boys' Town (Mexican brothels near Texas border) (UNCLASSIFIED)

Wed Aug 29 20:36:01 UTC 2007

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> On Aug 29, 2007, at 9:39 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>
> > ... When he first started to tell me his war stories, I'd
> freak, since
> > I'd grown up Catholic in the heyday of Father Flanagan's
> Boys' Town.
> > There was even a movie, which I saw, made about the place.
> It took a
> > while for me to adjust to the slang usage.
>
> several movies.  you're probably thinking about the 1938
> movie Boys Town, starring Spencer Tracey and Mickey Rooney.
>
> the imdb has the tagline: The life story of a boy who was
> "born to be hung"!  [well, hanged.  just how hung mickey
> rooney was/is i don't know.]
>

Less so than Milton Berle, if the rumors are true.
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