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The colloquialism "to buy the farm" meaning "to die" made this a funny click. My thought process went from "not really, but let's see what the author is on abo
by techsupporter 6y ago
The colloquialism "to buy the farm" meaning "to die" made this a funny click.
My thought process went from "not really, but let's see what the author is on about" to "ohhh, the kind with acreage not caskets, got it."
- User23 6y agoThis dark joke comes from back in the day when if an airplane crashed on your farm you’d get a significant insurance payout from the federal government. So the joke became that the failed pilot “bought the farm.”
- disown 6y agoInteresting, TIL. But is there no profit in kicking the bucket?
- vageli 6y ago> Interesting, TIL. But is there no profit in kicking the bucket? Not for the deceased, at least.
- mangamadaiyan 6y agoFor the butcher, yes. Not for the pig.
- meekrohprocess 6y agoMy grandparents told it differently. To them, it was a dark colloquialism from the world wars. Infantry would often talk to each other about how they were looking forward to "buying a farm" once the war was over and they went home to their families. When the soldiers died in the trenches, as they often did, it was said that they had "bought the farm" as a euphemism. Usually it was better than saying how they actually died.
- lowbloodsugar 6y agoHuh. I thought it was because you got a small plot of land (about 6' by 2', with a nice headstone).