tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post8033953829298620852..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Quickly, from Edinburgh...StuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-18083649028756824712011-02-14T16:40:17.821+00:002011-02-14T16:40:17.821+00:00I predict you will come back with 86 books. Hope ...I predict you will come back with 86 books. Hope you're having a lovely trip.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543197858284977937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-11728387090074752322011-02-14T14:52:31.801+00:002011-02-14T14:52:31.801+00:00180 !!! :)180 !!! :)Ali Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595941215998565255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7609871003730239422011-02-14T14:45:57.331+00:002011-02-14T14:45:57.331+00:00And of course I will still visit. It's all abo...And of course I will still visit. It's all about content.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-68105662458918176372011-02-14T14:44:46.896+00:002011-02-14T14:44:46.896+00:00After I perused online sources, there appears to b...After I perused online sources, there appears to be no definitive answer to the origin on the term 86. Others here have posted some of the possibilities.<br /><br />I know it best from the 1989 novel <i>Eighty-Sixed</i> by David Feinberg. I just went to google books and the opening of the prologue is racier than I remembered.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-53529410689476280462011-02-13T20:32:12.914+00:002011-02-13T20:32:12.914+00:00eighty-six something?
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http://www.worldwidewor...eighty-six something?<br />see <br />http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-eig1.htmRuthhttp://www.craftypeople.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-31848947552262915692011-02-13T16:02:18.380+00:002011-02-13T16:02:18.380+00:0025 books.25 books.Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-29892253784831732202011-02-13T11:49:02.669+00:002011-02-13T11:49:02.669+00:00Dear Susan in TX, I had wondered whether it was rh...Dear Susan in TX, I had wondered whether it was rhyming slang for "nix"?Dark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-12217937975238490232011-02-13T04:03:57.591+00:002011-02-13T04:03:57.591+00:00Simon, to "86" something means to leave ...Simon, to "86" something means to leave it off. I believe it originated in the restaurant business - if someone orders a cheeseburger without onions, the waiter would write/tell the cook to "86 the onions."<br /><br />So, have you picked up 39 books yet? :) Glad to hear you are having a good shopping trip.Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.com