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Originally Posted by finnbow
Damn. Say it ain't so. Chas lives in California, (Missouri). Probably fewer fruits and nuts in California, Missouri than the left coast Granola version.
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As the legend goes, named after "California" Smith, a "California or Bust" sort who busted down right here. Gave the city fathers two barrels of whiskey to name the "City" California so he could claim he made it.
Some variations on the theme, but they all go back to free whiskey to the powers that be for the name of California.
A lesson not lost on me. I've found that a jug of JD, or Woodford Reserve, or Old Bushmills, or Glenlivit, will go a long ways in making folks more agreeable.
It is Bugtussell, and folks like to pull a cork.
Chas