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Betty Bowers - Oh, look what I saw on the beach! (Original Post) iluvtennis Apr 29 OP
Charge that person! RussBLib Apr 29 #1
That's funny... wcmagumba Apr 29 #2
Ballroomicide. nt Wednesdays Apr 29 #3
Reborn joke. What does the White House and tight jeans have in common? twodogsbarking Apr 29 #4
But... but... 86 means kill! KILL! Physically kill, perhaps dismember and bury each part separately BWdem4life Apr 29 #5
Why not, it's what donny dipshit did to the East Wing. n/t iluvtennis Apr 29 #6
The simple-minded skidmarks... GiqueCee Apr 29 #7
Being a former practicing alcoholic BWdem4life Apr 29 #9
Let's get serious... Hope22 Apr 29 #8
86 means "cancel" ... perhaps "nullify" FakeNoose Apr 29 #15
Apropos BeneteauBum Apr 29 #10
Origin of "86" (I LOVE this !!!) fierywoman Apr 29 #11
Thanks for this! ShazzieB Apr 30 #17
So I gotta ask..... lastlib Apr 29 #12
87 in this regard means to cancel. Cancel or 86 the ballroom. Clouds Passing Apr 29 #13
87? ColoringFool Apr 29 #16
LOL 😂 I meant 86 Clouds Passing Apr 30 #20
Those are some beautiful sea shells! liberalla Apr 29 #14
I love the heart-shaped one. 💙 🙂 nt Raine Apr 30 #18
Prediction--next No Kings protest signs will feature sea shell words. Thanks, brilliant Mrs. Betty Bowers! Timeflyer Apr 30 #19
TRUMP some_of_us_are_sane Monday #21

BWdem4life

(3,080 posts)
5. But... but... 86 means kill! KILL! Physically kill, perhaps dismember and bury each part separately
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:45 PM
Apr 29

in undisclosed locations.

Can you do that to a ballroom?

Certainly that's what a person means when they write the letters "8647" using seashells on the beach. No other meaning could possibly be construed.

GiqueCee

(4,642 posts)
7. The simple-minded skidmarks...
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:12 PM
Apr 29

... in red hats are so stupid that they don't know they're stupid. To "86" something is restaurant shorthand for "We're out of something", like pork chops or lima beans, or whatever. But we cannot forget that, for Republicans, lying comes as naturally as breathing; it's their basic nature, because only lies can support and defend their diseased belief system.

BWdem4life

(3,080 posts)
9. Being a former practicing alcoholic
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:18 PM
Apr 29

to me the term just means "premanently ban from the premises." Which it seems to me is the most logical meaning re tRump.

But let's face it, even in the remote alternative where it would mean something else.. I mean, let's say someone spelled out "kill trump" in seashells and posted it. Stupid, maybe and worth getting banned from the platform - but a criminal indictment? Come on.

Hope22

(4,849 posts)
8. Let's get serious...
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:15 PM
Apr 29

Only one person has the right to call for someone to die and we know who that is, not 46 and not 48! With him it’s a regular occurrence!

FakeNoose

(42,251 posts)
15. 86 means "cancel" ... perhaps "nullify"
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 09:36 PM
Apr 29

I've never heard it used as a synonym to "kill," as in murdering someone.

lastlib

(28,550 posts)
12. So I gotta ask.....
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 02:18 PM
Apr 29

Is the "Fuck tRump" sticker I put on my tax payment voucher going to buy me a visit from Agent Tom?
Because Melania did that to him--once--and all we got was Barron.......

Timeflyer

(3,791 posts)
19. Prediction--next No Kings protest signs will feature sea shell words. Thanks, brilliant Mrs. Betty Bowers!
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 08:40 AM
Apr 30

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,530 posts)
21. TRUMP
Mon May 4, 2026, 08:24 PM
Monday
HAS THE TASTE OF A 19th Century Madam....... presenting himself in the proper GILDED surroundings.

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