A Brief Lession in blogic Logic

Stay with me on this...

Published on October 22, 2004 By Daiwa In Politics

Fact: The Red Sox last won a World Series 86 years ago.

Fact: The Red Sox last appeared in a World Series in 1986.

Fact: Total number of runs scored in the 2004 ALCS = 86.

Inescapable Conclusion: The Sox will 86 the Cardinals.

Cheers,
And thanks, blogic, for being a sport,
Daiwa

Comments

philomedy

on Oct 22, 2004

if the red sox don't win i'm going to be massively upset...also, on a similar note, does anyone know the origin of the term "86'd?" I used to know but I forgot and now that I saw it it's going to bother me forever

citahellion

on Oct 22, 2004

According to my 3 minutes of googling, it's rhyming slang for "nix".

Daiwa

on Oct 22, 2004

There are dozens of alleged origins, my favorite being that 86 refers to the floor of the Empire State Building from which people jumped (or were thrown) to commit suicide before protective railing was installed.

Cheers,
Daiwa

And sorry for the typo in the title - I'm still looking for that "Edit" button the Help page talks about.

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