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Great point. They say eat veggies, exercise etc., but the best thing for longevity is to "mind your own business," when it comes to organized crime and tens of
by onetimemanytime 8y ago
Great point. They say eat veggies, exercise etc., but the best thing for longevity is to "mind your own business," when it comes to organized crime and tens of million$ at stake.
Because of John I may lose $4 million and go to jail for 20 years=lots of incentives to 86 John.
- mtmail 8y agoFor others who didn't get the 86 reference: apparently US standard graves are 8 feet long and 6 feet deep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)
- skj 8y agoWhen I saw this comment I was confused, because I get the reference (from restaurants) and hadn't heard this origin. Then I followed your link and got more confused, because it doesn't mention graves at all. I think perhaps someone made up an origin, passed it on to you as fact, and you assumed that wiki would agree without checking?
- cityzen 8y agocheck this: https://www.stlmag.com/dining/Ask-George-Where-Does-the-Term-86d-Come-From/ https://www.stlmag.com/dining/Ask-George-Where-Does-the-Term...
- cityzen 8y agoNo one really knows what the story is behind 86. Here is an article outlining a bunch of different back stories: https://www.stlmag.com/dining/Ask-George-Where-Does-the-Term-86d-Come-From/ https://www.stlmag.com/dining/Ask-George-Where-Does-the-Term...
- hannasanarion 8y agoThat is almost definitely not the origin of the term. It was used to refer to absent menu items (1936) decades before it was first used to refer to people (1959). http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/59996?rskey=44dnw9&result=1#eid http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/59996?rskey=44dnw9&result=1#ei... (paywalled, but your local library probably has a portal for you to view it)