Blueberry Hank, RIP

A sad, sad tale from River City. One of our most beloved icons.....a guy who I aspired to be.....met an untimely demise last week. My speculation is that Mr. Hank was out for a jog in the early morning hours, down main street, when approaching the viaduct was struck and splattered across the street with goo staining the sidewalk and light poles along the way.

Mr. Hank had an interesting life. He wore big floppy shoes and always had a giant smile sewed on his fat face. He greeted children during a weekend-long festival named in his honor. He will be sorely missed.

Hank's blue-goo innards had the street crews busy nearly all morning with detours and clean-up. Given that goo slowly runs downhill, the storm sewer department was put on notice to provide protection from the blue-ooze running into the storm sewer under the viaduct, possibly contaminating the Yellow River......although I suppose with the addition of blue, the river would have been green?

The only other possible explanation, although Hank nor his giant shoes have been seen since the accident, is that an enormous vat of blueberry filling fell from a garbage truck after leaving one of our food processing plants in river city. I choose to think it's Hank, much more sobering.

My thoughts on being Blueberry Hank: http://hoosierhappenings.blogspot.com/2008/09/if-i-could-be-that-guy.html