Graywolf wrote:
A term that became prevalent in Vietnam. But it actually dates from the Roman Legions where what a guy expected from his 40 year enlistment was to acquire a farm and live happily ever after. By extension it came to mean he got out of the army by dying.
That was back when the male life span was something between 38 and 45?
A forty year enlistment? What did Mom do, drop him off on the Legion's doorstep, umbilical cord and all, and head off into the fields?
Boy. I'm going to have to read up on that!
keith
Cotty wrote:
On 29/10/04, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
Flat on it's back. Feet in the air. Belly up. Out to lunch. Bought the farm. DOA. Etc.
Bought the farm?!
Cheers, Cotty
