May 18, 2025
Tag: Maine Postcards
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Humor from Away
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If you’re a member of the plaid pants brigade and you have tried to engage a Down-Easter in conversation, you may have come face-to-face with conversation that is thin, forced or downright laconic. It is prompted by those from Away. If so, you were the victim of Maine humor. Don’t worry, you have lots of…
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January 10, 2022 4 Comments
In the vernacular we’re talking about hats and shoes. But, if you were a doughboy in World War I, your world was much more defined – you wore a helmet and boots. When a member of the American Expeditionary Forces dressed for battle his uniform alone was 44 pounds.