Baked Beans in Boots

Do Americans understand the pun in the title of the article?

(If not: in British English, the word 'boot' is also used for the trunk of a car).

@René: Yea, those stuck on the wrong side of the pond never did learn to speak correctly.

BTW, please tell me that there's a law against driving a car with beans in your boots.

Ancient Chinese secret - wearing boots with baked beans and tomato sauce in them alleviates headaches.

We know that ain't true, Greg, 'cause tomatos hadn't been invented yet back then.

To paraphrase: Mmmm beans. They're toe licking good!

He was probably just keeping them for a friend.

Unknown to the cop he had a golden retriever named Duke who also kept stealing his shoes.

Just as a dare to my fellow WUvians: Who can come up with the best lie to explain beans in your boots. This is mine. Please note that I am not a professional liar.

My two year old toddler doesn't like beans so she hid hers in my boots. I was slightly late for an appointment. Hey, officer, would you rather I had washed the beans out of my boots and my feet and be really late and speeding; or just grin and bear it?

Duke the recipe thief?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27L62bn__Pg

BMN, A sexual fetish?

Like many others have done, he might have read something on the Internet and misunderstood a fairly basic component to it. There's advice (and even YouTube videos) of how you can heat corn or beans in the microwave and use them as heat-packs or hand warmers. What flew over his head is you're supposed to use shelled, uncooked corn or beans (and they really do hold a lot of heat). He was going fishing in a cold creek, and to keep his feet warm, he heated up the only beans he had on hand, opening up a few tins of pork'n'beans, nuking them a couple of minutes, and pouring them into his boots.

My theory is that he was very embarrassed about his foot odor, and someone had told him that soaking your feet in baked beans would cure it. The acidity of the tomato sauce probably would help.

This is reminiscent of the children's book George and Martha. Martha likes to make split pea soup. Her friend George dutifully eats it even though he doesn't like split pea soup. One day, having had enough, he pours the soup into his loafer so she'll think he ate it.

Like tomato sauce is supposed to take skunk smell away. That's a good one Alex.

1st 16 comments about beans?

2nd I am disappointed that the video was not from 'Tommy'.

3rd I am too lazy to look for a video link to 'Tommy'.

Reminds me of the old story of the three monks who were punished for over imbibing the monastery's ale.

For penance, they were ordered to spend three days wearing boots filled with dry bean husks.

Two of the monks were barely able to walk for the pain, but the third showed no discomfort.

"Brother", he was asked, "Why are you not doing your assigned penance?"

"Oh, but I am", he replied, "I just boiled them first."

My sister told me she knew the guy and he did it because she double dog dared him. Who is gonna say it first, Expat or BD? "Women always get you in trouble!"

Not me! It's still BC over here.