• Dagwood222
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    4 days ago

    Here’s where the ‘86’ came from.

    Back in the day, there was a speakeasy with two doors. The entry door was through a small courtyard and the exit door was onto the street. If you knocked on the street door, which had the address on it, you couldn’t get in. If you got obnoxious, you’d be thrown out the street door. That door had an ‘86’ on it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumley's

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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      3 days ago

      I have never heard of either 86 nor this speakeasy. What a cool thing to learn! Thanks for sharing this historic nugget!

      Edit, autocorrect on grammar