Date:  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 11:21:06 EDT

From:  "Steven K. Brehe" <SBREHE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NUGGET.NGC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: 86



I believe 86 was discussed pretty thoroughly on this list several

months ago.



> > >This is an old one, but a number none the less: if a person is 86'd from

> > >a bar, they are thrown out. No one I ever asked knew why this was so.

> > >Marla

> > Benjamin Barrett

>

> As I recall, when a patron has had a little too much to drink, the

> bartender keeps up the sales while lowering the affect by watering

> down the drinks. What was represented as being 100 proof is reduced

> to 86. At least that's how the expression was explained to me in Los

> Angeles a decade or so ago.

>

> Tom Uharriet









Steven Brehe

sbrehe[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nugget.ngc.peachnet.edu