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

BWdem4life

(3,062 posts)
5. But... but... 86 means kill! KILL! Physically kill, perhaps dismember and bury each part separately
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:45 PM
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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

(4,554 posts)
7. The simple-minded skidmarks...
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:12 PM
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... 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

(3,062 posts)
9. Being a former practicing alcoholic
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:18 PM
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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

(4,836 posts)
8. Let's get serious...
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:15 PM
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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

(42,093 posts)
15. 86 means "cancel" ... perhaps "nullify"
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 09:36 PM
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I've never heard it used as a synonym to "kill," as in murdering someone.

lastlib

(28,476 posts)
12. So I gotta ask.....
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 02:18 PM
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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

(3,779 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
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