On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 12:22:05PM -0800, Brent Fulgham wrote:
> > I have been running the Hurd six months. The Hurd is
> > reasonably stable, I have only wrecked it once. I can do
> > native builds of the Hurd, gcc and TeX. I can make it
> > "buy the farm" by doing a large Java build; by the
> > way, why is buying large quantities of land bad?
> >
> This thread was brought up once before by Marcus. From what
> I remember, the answer is as follows:
>
> Basically, "Bought the Farm" is a slang term used in the United
> States to mean someone died, e.g., "He bought the farm". I'm not
> sure of its origin.
It's used in Canada too. The earlier use of it that I've seen is in
Heinlein's book "Starship Troupers" in which a military person who dies
on duties "Buys his farm". The book dates back to the 60s.
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