Pet Fish Publisher on the Lamb
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I find it hard to believe that Dr. Herbert Axelrod is on the lamb from the IRS in Cuba. He is a multimillionaire. With all the money he made by selling TFH publications, I would think he could pay his taxes. Are you sure he is not just on vacation in Cuba?
Peter
Peter
I hope old Herb's health is in pretty good shape. That same embargo that keeps him there, may also keep away needed medical technology from the Cuban sawbones. What goes around comes around. If he is really innocent he should go back and face the judge. Sounds like he has enough money to buy a good attorney.
I'd have protested that the proper phrase is "on the lam"...
But then, that would be both OT and nitpicky.
Hehe, but, you know I can't help it
The Old Norse word "lamja", meaning "to make lame" is at root here.
The original meaning of "lam," when it first appeared in English back in the 16th century, was "to beat soundly." The wordplay ties into taking flight thusly:
"According to Mencken's 'American Language' and the 'Thesaurus of American Slang' by Berry and Van den Bark, 'lam, lammister' and 'on the lam' -- all referring to hasty departure -- were common in thieves' slang before the start of this century. Mencken quotes a newspaper report on the origin of 'lam' which actually traces it indirectly back to Shakespeare's time -- 'Its origin should be obvious to anyone who runs over several colloquial phrases for leavetaking, such as 'beat it' and 'hit the trail'.The allusion in 'lam' is to 'beat,' and 'beat it' is Old English, meaning 'to leave.' (to 'beat a path' towards escape, as it were). During the period of George Ade's 'Fables in Slang' (1900), cabaret society delight in talking slang, and 'lam' was current.
Like many other terms, it went under in the flood of new usages of those days, but was preserved in criminal slang. A quarter of a century later it reappeared.' The Sage of Baltimore goes on to quote a story from the 'New York Herald Tribune' in 1938 which reported that 'one of the oldest police officers in New York said that he had heard 'on the lam' thirty years ago."
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I have wayyy too much time on my hands....
But then, that would be both OT and nitpicky.
Hehe, but, you know I can't help it
The Old Norse word "lamja", meaning "to make lame" is at root here.
The original meaning of "lam," when it first appeared in English back in the 16th century, was "to beat soundly." The wordplay ties into taking flight thusly:
"According to Mencken's 'American Language' and the 'Thesaurus of American Slang' by Berry and Van den Bark, 'lam, lammister' and 'on the lam' -- all referring to hasty departure -- were common in thieves' slang before the start of this century. Mencken quotes a newspaper report on the origin of 'lam' which actually traces it indirectly back to Shakespeare's time -- 'Its origin should be obvious to anyone who runs over several colloquial phrases for leavetaking, such as 'beat it' and 'hit the trail'.The allusion in 'lam' is to 'beat,' and 'beat it' is Old English, meaning 'to leave.' (to 'beat a path' towards escape, as it were). During the period of George Ade's 'Fables in Slang' (1900), cabaret society delight in talking slang, and 'lam' was current.
Like many other terms, it went under in the flood of new usages of those days, but was preserved in criminal slang. A quarter of a century later it reappeared.' The Sage of Baltimore goes on to quote a story from the 'New York Herald Tribune' in 1938 which reported that 'one of the oldest police officers in New York said that he had heard 'on the lam' thirty years ago."
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I have wayyy too much time on my hands....
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So Horge,
That explains why the bread carried by the Hobbits in Lord of the Rings was called Lamis bread. It was bread to literally hit the road with.
Steve
PS. Gotta go...way too many hands on my time
That explains why the bread carried by the Hobbits in Lord of the Rings was called Lamis bread. It was bread to literally hit the road with.
Steve
PS. Gotta go...way too many hands on my time
Steve,
That would be lembas, the Elvish waybread. Not sure if it's a Sinda or a Noldo invention.
I'm fairly sure it's cyanide free, so (mercifully) there's no way Kalk can start annual threads demanding to how many acres of wheatfield are poisoned for every loaf of it that's put out.
That would be lembas, the Elvish waybread. Not sure if it's a Sinda or a Noldo invention.
I'm fairly sure it's cyanide free, so (mercifully) there's no way Kalk can start annual threads demanding to how many acres of wheatfield are poisoned for every loaf of it that's put out.
dizzy":1600u2ig said:
Why would you post that Dizzy.
Cuba has more doctors per capita than any other country, is one of the most highly educated countries in the world.
Both education and medical care are free.
Has far a technology goes, the rest of the world has been selling high tech goods including medical equipment to Cuba for years.
Sounds like a just society to me.
naesco":1pjif0s1 said:
Only you could come up with a statement like that, Wayne.
First off medical care is not FREE.. not even in Canada. You're taxed out the nostrils for it...
And as for "just society"... well of course it is, that is why boatloads of people risk life and limb just to get away from there. Ever been to Miami?
Did you ever venture out of the tourist areas in Cuba, Wayne? Or have you ever been there?
I haven't... but many I know have been, since many of Canada's tourist dollars go far in Cuba, and anybody I know who has been there more than once, usually goes back with lots of stuff to give away... I coughed up a box of golf pencils for a friend to take.. you know, the little pencils? He brought those because the previous time he brought a box or regular HB or #2 pencils, when he gave them to the children, the teachers broke them in half so twice as many kids could have a new pencil. Jim used to bring disposable razors, toothbrushes, combs, McDonalds happy meal toys, and he'd go ape at the dollar store buying up stuff to take with him before he left. He'd bring a whole suitcase over, just with goodies to give away... he even had a man ask him for his SHOES... oh yeah, Wayne, that's a just society... just as long as you don't venture past the hotel grounds, :roll:
You really need to get out more.
Jenn
Everything you say Jenn is correct. It is a third world country just like many others in central america.
Where you are wrong is that medicare in Cuba is free.
Everyone knows that in Canada there is a state owned medicare system funded by taxation.
Whether you are rich or poor you have equal access to the best medical and pharmacy care in the world. Nothing wrong with that, ehh!
Where you are wrong is that medicare in Cuba is free.
Everyone knows that in Canada there is a state owned medicare system funded by taxation.
Whether you are rich or poor you have equal access to the best medical and pharmacy care in the world. Nothing wrong with that, ehh!
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