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kysrsoze

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29. I believe the restaurant reference was to a customer who is banned...
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:43 AM
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and no longer allowed at the establishment.

How can someone be 8 miles out and 6 feet under? That’s idiotic.

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"86" means "to trash" Kid Berwyn Wednesday #1
To Fire DemocratSinceBirth Wednesday #2
Exactly. Kid Berwyn Wednesday #4
I've worked in bars and restaurants PatSeg Thursday #55
If applicable to the Comey case, which it surely isn't, True Dough Wednesday #3
MAGA parrots anything convenient to their side of the issue. They are morons. Whyisthisstillclose Wednesday #5
Are these non-English speaking people? EYESORE 9001 Wednesday #6
James Comey took a picture of a group of seashells Coldwater Wednesday #7
I think I remember pictures of Democrats in the cross hairs of a rifle scope? pwb Wednesday #8
On FB when Obama was elected get the red out Wednesday #25
86 is a restaurant term meaning to let's say hold the ketchup. Clouds Passing Wednesday #9
But in general restaurant parlance... GiqueCee Wednesday #22
I believe the restaurant reference was to a customer who is banned... kysrsoze Wednesday #29
It had several meanings in the restaurant industry Lifeafter70 Wednesday #32
Or removing something from the order, "I'll have a cheeseburger but 86 the onions." Clouds Passing Wednesday #43
+1 dalton99a Thursday #48
Guess no MAGA has ever worked in a diner. sinkingfeeling Wednesday #10
For snowflakes who demand English Only, Torchlight Wednesday #11
they're making it up eShirl Wednesday #12
There goes MAGA, mixing their metaphors again: the water "8 miles out" is typically deeper than "6 feet under." sop Wednesday #13
I presume MAGAts are calling for LR3 Wednesday #14
I guess they would know crazylikafox Wednesday #15
Did any one of them ever work in a restaurant? UpInArms Wednesday #16
Well, they know "gangster parlance" intimately, don't they? MineralMan Wednesday #17
I've literally watched dozens of mob movies DemocratSinceBirth Wednesday #33
Well, you have me beat, for sure. MineralMan Wednesday #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 Wednesday #18
Yes. I think you're right. MineralMan Wednesday #38
I repeat: -misanthroptimist Wednesday #19
MAGAT's Lie - that and produce hate and protect R criminals is what they do. lark Wednesday #20
It comes from rhyming slang --86nix obamanut2012 Wednesday #21
And they thought pizza orders were code words Johonny Wednesday #23
When I was a restaurant server get the red out Wednesday #24
I seen from one of the older news clips AZProgressive Wednesday #45
Bands were regularly '86ed' at the Troubador by a thin-skinned manager. blm Wednesday #26
I thought it meant "take it off the specials board" NoSheep Wednesday #27
I bombed a school and you wrote take it off the specials board in seashells NoSheep Wednesday #28
Thousands of people should probably carry 8647 at any future No Kings protest. RoeVWade Wednesday #30
Movie gangsters would say "Zotz," rzemanfl Wednesday #31
"Zotz!" was the title of a novel MineralMan Wednesday #39
I was born in August of that year, so I didn't read it. rzemanfl Wednesday #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 Wednesday #42
I missed that. MineralMan Thursday #46
They are confusing the term with "Deep-Six" which means "to bump off." John1956PA Wednesday #34
So are they gonna charge Comey with "Attempted Assasination"? LeftInTX Wednesday #35
They're Lying ProfessorGAC Wednesday #36
They pulled that from the same place they keep their heads. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday #40
That can't be true because we always take them at least 10 miles out. harumph Wednesday #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
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