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15. I guess they would know

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Wed Apr 29, 2026, 10:35 AM

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MAGA Is Saying 86 Means 8 Miles Out And 6 Feet Under In Gangster Parlance [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Apr 29 OP

"86" means "to trash" Kid Berwyn Apr 29 #1

To Fire DemocratSinceBirth Apr 29 #2

Exactly. Kid Berwyn Apr 29 #4

I've worked in bars and restaurants PatSeg Apr 30 #55

If applicable to the Comey case, which it surely isn't, True Dough Apr 29 #3

MAGA parrots anything convenient to their side of the issue. They are morons. Whyisthisstillclose Apr 29 #5

Are these non-English speaking people? EYESORE 9001 Apr 29 #6

James Comey took a picture of a group of seashells Coldwater Apr 29 #7

I think I remember pictures of Democrats in the cross hairs of a rifle scope? pwb Apr 29 #8

On FB when Obama was elected get the red out Apr 29 #25

86 is a restaurant term meaning to let's say hold the ketchup. Clouds Passing Apr 29 #9

But in general restaurant parlance... GiqueCee Apr 29 #22

I believe the restaurant reference was to a customer who is banned... kysrsoze Apr 29 #29

It had several meanings in the restaurant industry Lifeafter70 Apr 29 #32

Or removing something from the order, "I'll have a cheeseburger but 86 the onions." Clouds Passing Apr 29 #43

+1 dalton99a Apr 30 #48

Guess no MAGA has ever worked in a diner. sinkingfeeling Apr 29 #10

For snowflakes who demand English Only, Torchlight Apr 29 #11

they're making it up eShirl Apr 29 #12

There goes MAGA, mixing their metaphors again: the water "8 miles out" is typically deeper than "6 feet under." sop Apr 29 #13

I presume MAGAts are calling for LR3 Apr 29 #14

I guess they would know crazylikafox Apr 29 #15

Did any one of them ever work in a restaurant? UpInArms Apr 29 #16

Well, they know "gangster parlance" intimately, don't they? MineralMan Apr 29 #17

I've literally watched dozens of mob movies DemocratSinceBirth Apr 29 #33

Well, you have me beat, for sure. MineralMan Apr 29 #37

+1 dalton99a Apr 30 #49

Exactly. When a customer is 86ed you don't serve him any more alcohol, that's it. Walleye Apr 30 #51

This indictment will be tossed RussBLib Apr 29 #18

Yes. I think you're right. MineralMan Apr 29 #38

I repeat: -misanthroptimist Apr 29 #19

MAGAT's Lie - that and produce hate and protect R criminals is what they do. lark Apr 29 #20

It comes from rhyming slang --86nix obamanut2012 Apr 29 #21

And they thought pizza orders were code words Johonny Apr 29 #23

When I was a restaurant server get the red out Apr 29 #24

I seen from one of the older news clips AZProgressive Apr 29 #45

Bands were regularly '86ed' at the Troubador by a thin-skinned manager. blm Apr 29 #26

I thought it meant "take it off the specials board" NoSheep Apr 29 #27

I bombed a school and you wrote take it off the specials board in seashells NoSheep Apr 29 #28

Thousands of people should probably carry 8647 at any future No Kings protest. RoeVWade Apr 29 #30

Movie gangsters would say "Zotz," rzemanfl Apr 29 #31

"Zotz!" was the title of a novel MineralMan Apr 29 #39

I was born in August of that year, so I didn't read it. rzemanfl Apr 29 #41

Well, I didn't notice the book until I was about 10. MineralMan Apr 30 #47

I read a lot as a kid. Still do. n/t rzemanfl Apr 30 #53

A very good habit! MineralMan Apr 30 #54

I mostly read fiction on my Kindle. rzemanfl Apr 30 #57

In addition to meaning to murder or kill someone, and the movie rzemanfl Apr 29 #42

I missed that. MineralMan Apr 30 #46

They are confusing the term with "Deep-Six" which means "to bump off." John1956PA Apr 29 #34

So are they gonna charge Comey with "Attempted Assasination"? LeftInTX Apr 29 #35

They're Lying ProfessorGAC Apr 29 #36

They pulled that from the same place they keep their heads. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 29 #40

That can't be true because we always take them at least 10 miles out. harumph Apr 29 #44

The Trick Here, Is To Ignore Their Bait Completely..... ColoringFool Apr 30 #50

That would be an expensive task for struggling restaurants when AllyCat Apr 30 #52

They obviously can't do math purr-rat beauty Apr 30 #56