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55. I've worked in bars and restaurants

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 03:01 PM

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To 86 someone was to ban them from the business. He would probably fit the criteria we often used.

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

"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