ATDDTA (6) 178-179

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              John BAILEY:

              What's the "page eighty-six" ref?

As in Tom Wait's "I've been 86ed from your list". Being 86ed, which usually 
involving being tossed out one way or the other, has popped up before in 
Pynchon. I can't seem to track it down at this moment but there is some use of 
the term "86ed" in Vineland in the form of a modifier based on Latin roots. Like 
"Octosexigenation" or suchlike. Of course, if you use dynamite, you run a good 
chance of 86ing somebody or being 86ed yourself.

              bekah:
              178:9
	 
              "Here's what you do," suggested Tansy Wagwheel...,   "It's
              in this wonderful book I keep close to me all the time, 'A
              Modern Christian's Guide to Moral Perplexities.'  Right here 
              on page eighty-six, is your answer. Do you have your pencil? 
              Good, write this down--'Dynamite Them All, and Let Jesus 
              Sort Them Out.'"

              I looooove that.   LOLOL!


              1.	86:	
              To remove, end usage, or take something out or away. 
              Despite ALL other posts suggestion the origin of this 
              phrase there is only one true answer:

              Chumley's, a famous and OLD New York speakeasy, 
              is located at 86 Bedford St. During Prohibition, an 
              entrance through an interior adjoing courtyard was 
              used, as it provided privacy and discretion for customers. 

              As was (and is) a New York tradition, the cops were on 
              the payroll of the bar and would give a ring to the bar 
              that they were coming for a raid. The bartender would 
              then give the command "86 everybody!", which meant 
              that everyone should hightail it out the 86 Bedford 
              entrance because the cops were coming in through 
              the courtyard door.

              "86 that light"

              "Everyone in Sales got 86'd. 

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