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Alfalfa Bill
Jul 4, 2014, 5:39:07 PM7/4/14
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What is the origin of the phrase "under the jail," such as in the statement that the guy in Georgia who killed his infant son shouldn't be put in jail, he should be put under the jail?
Greg Goss
Jul 4, 2014, 7:09:13 PM7/4/14
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Alfalfa Bill <tedth...@aol.com> wrote:
>What is the origin of the phrase "under the jail," such as in the statement that the guy in Georgia who killed his infant son shouldn't be put in jail, he should be put under the jail?
Presumably it means executed at the jail and nobody cared enough to
>What is the origin of the phrase "under the jail," such as in the statement that the guy in Georgia who killed his infant son shouldn't be put in jail, he should be put under the jail?
claim the body for burial. I've not heard the phrase myself.
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Bill Turlock
Jul 4, 2014, 7:23:00 PM7/4/14
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On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:09:13 -0600, Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
>Alfalfa Bill <tedth...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>What is the origin of the phrase "under the jail," such as in the statement that the guy in Georgia who killed his infant son shouldn't be put in jail, he should be put under the jail?
>
>Presumably it means executed at the jail and nobody cared enough to
>claim the body for burial. I've not heard the phrase myself.
I'm thinking more like the Wicked Witch of the West
>Alfalfa Bill <tedth...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>What is the origin of the phrase "under the jail," such as in the statement that the guy in Georgia who killed his infant son shouldn't be put in jail, he should be put under the jail?
>
>Presumably it means executed at the jail and nobody cared enough to
>claim the body for burial. I've not heard the phrase myself.
Jack Campin
Jul 4, 2014, 7:29:52 PM7/4/14
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in Edinburgh was like that and so, I think, were some American jails.
Alcatraz burials were off the island, since it was solid rock.
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/lost-edinburgh-calton-jail-1-3071270
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bill van
Jul 4, 2014, 8:52:03 PM7/4/14
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In article <c1oqgl...@mid.individual.net>,
expression refers to a prisoner who dies in jail, whether of execution,
murder, disease or old age. The idea is that you get sent to prison and
you never get out.
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bill
Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
> Alfalfa Bill <tedth...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >What is the origin of the phrase "under the jail," such as in the statement
> >that the guy in Georgia who killed his infant son shouldn't be put in jail,
> >he should be put under the jail?
>
> Presumably it means executed at the jail and nobody cared enough to
> claim the body for burial. I've not heard the phrase myself.
I hadn't heard it either, but some quick searching suggests the
> Alfalfa Bill <tedth...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >What is the origin of the phrase "under the jail," such as in the statement
> >that the guy in Georgia who killed his infant son shouldn't be put in jail,
> >he should be put under the jail?
>
> Presumably it means executed at the jail and nobody cared enough to
> claim the body for burial. I've not heard the phrase myself.
expression refers to a prisoner who dies in jail, whether of execution,
murder, disease or old age. The idea is that you get sent to prison and
you never get out.
--
bill
John Mc.
Jul 5, 2014, 7:06:04 AM7/5/14
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John Mc.
Charles Bishop
Jul 6, 2014, 11:24:13 PM7/6/14
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In article <knder9tf82ekfgedo...@4ax.com>,
That's the impression I get as well. The man was so despicable that he
belongs not in jail, but under it, dead and buried.
Charles, metaphor, innit
belongs not in jail, but under it, dead and buried.
Charles, metaphor, innit
Bill Turlock
Jul 7, 2014, 3:14:20 AM7/7/14
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On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 20:24:13 -0700, Charles Bishop
<ctbi...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I'm thinking more like the Wicked Witch of the West
>That's the impression I get as well. The man was so despicable that he
>belongs not in jail, but under it, dead and buried.
>Charles, metaphor, innit
I'm melting.
<ctbi...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I'm thinking more like the Wicked Witch of the West
>That's the impression I get as well. The man was so despicable that he
>belongs not in jail, but under it, dead and buried.
>Charles, metaphor, innit
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Snidely
Jul 8, 2014, 4:55:23 AM7/8/14
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On Friday, Jack Campin pointed out that ...
>> What is the origin of the phrase "under the jail," such as
>> in the statement that the guy in Georgia who killed his
>> infant son shouldn't be put in jail, he should be put under
>> the jail?
>
> Jails used to have cemeteries within the walls. The old Calton Jail
> in Edinburgh was like that and so, I think, were some American jails.
> Alcatraz burials were off the island, since it was solid rock.
>
> http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/lost-edinburgh-calton-jail-1-3071270
>
Not quite like "Under The Boardwalk", eh?
/dps "nor is 60-Minute Man about Concord and Lexington"
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"This is all very fine, but let us not be carried away be excitement,
but ask calmly, how does this person feel about in in his cooler
moments next day, with six or seven thousand feet of snow and stuff on
top of him?"
_Roughing It_, Mark Twain.
>> What is the origin of the phrase "under the jail," such as
>> in the statement that the guy in Georgia who killed his
>> infant son shouldn't be put in jail, he should be put under
>> the jail?
>
> Jails used to have cemeteries within the walls. The old Calton Jail
> in Edinburgh was like that and so, I think, were some American jails.
> Alcatraz burials were off the island, since it was solid rock.
>
> http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/lost-edinburgh-calton-jail-1-3071270
>
/dps "nor is 60-Minute Man about Concord and Lexington"
--
"This is all very fine, but let us not be carried away be excitement,
but ask calmly, how does this person feel about in in his cooler
moments next day, with six or seven thousand feet of snow and stuff on
top of him?"
_Roughing It_, Mark Twain.
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