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45. I seen from one of the older news clips

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 03:55 PM

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What you said is exactly what Comey meant when he posted that image, he said so in an interview from months ago on MSNow or MSNBC depending on when it was aired.

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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 Thursday #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 Thursday #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 Thursday #49

Exactly. When a customer is 86ed you don't serve him any more alcohol, that's it. Walleye Thursday #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 Thursday #47

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

A very good habit! MineralMan Thursday #54

I mostly read fiction on my Kindle. rzemanfl Thursday #57

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

I missed that. MineralMan Thursday #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 Thursday #50

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

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