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[at-l] AT sicks

We use 86 to mean we have run out of something at the restaurant. 
86 that. Kill that suggestion. 
IHOP Dawg

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Shane 
  To: Felix ; AT-list 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:25 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] AT sicks


  > Hey...I know this isn't a politcal question, but...
  >
  > The number '86' is often times yoused to refer to death, or killing, or
  > being dead...Does anybody here know why.? Or, from where it comes?

  After Chumley's bar and restaurant at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich
  Village, New York City - or so they say.

  I think it's a bastardization of 'deep-six', which is to toss overboard.

  Shane

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