Where were you when the sewers exploded?

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/25/2009 12:34 PM, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com> wrote:

>We do things better in Kentucky.

Really?  Sanford disappeared once previously (on an earlier hike?)
when there was a serious forest fire.  (I saw the flames on the
evening news yesterday.)

Joel


>In Louisville there was a mayor once who decided to go off to New
>Orleans with his girlfriend without telling anyone.
>
>Unfortunately, while he was out of town, a flammable chemical got
>dumped into the sewer system and that night exploded.  It was
>apparently quite an experience---an airline pilot over Cincinnati,
>150 km away, reported seeing it, and incredibly nobody was
>killed.  But where was the Mayor?  After all, a full-time Mayor (or
>Governor) is like a police officer:  never off duty.
>
>I understand that Louisvillians were sensible and criticized the
>Mayor not for having an affair but for not telling anyone how to get
>hold of him.
>
>This incident inspired two local sayings (I believe both became
>bumper stickers):
>Where were you when the sewers exploded?
>It's eleven o'clock and do you know where your Mayor is?

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