"Default User" > wrote in message
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> Jack Sloan wrote:
>
> > Why Jack, are ya sure yer not bein' to rough on this newbie sand
pounder? I
> > mean...after all what the hell does "pound sand" mean anyway?
> >
> > It might be somethin' good.
> > Jack(New and Gentler)
>
>
> Word origins sez:
>
> Pound Sand
>
> The origin of the expression go pound sand is from a longer expression,
> not to know (have enough sense to) pound sand down a rathole. Filling
> rat holes with sand is menial work, and telling someone to pound sand
> down a hole is like telling them to go fly a kite. The expression dates
> to at least 1912 and is common in the midwestern United States.
Man, I learn sumthin' every day.
Jack