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10-30-2009, 05:17 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Originally Posted by PRBuzz
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Do you know how the term "paddy wagon" came to be?  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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10-30-2009, 05:39 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
Do you know how the term "paddy wagon" came to be? |
They were padded?  |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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10-30-2009, 06:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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because of Saint Paddy's day drinkin and brawling....lol
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10-30-2009, 07:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Is the police box marked MDC by chance??
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low & slow 37
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10-30-2009, 08:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
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padded...
yep
or could be slang for the Irish cops that prevailed in NYC, where it supposedly the term originated...
or the Irish "patrons" that rode in incapacitated bliss, in the back of said wagon, after a night of ....
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10-30-2009, 08:24 PM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
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Most likely it is a ringdown box.
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Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
Spot NAZI
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10-30-2009, 08:27 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl F
padded...
yep
or could be slang for the Irish cops that prevailed in NYC, where it supposedly the term originated...
or the Irish "patrons" that rode in incapacitated bliss, in the back of said wagon, after a night of ....
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Most irishmen who have any knowledge of paddy wagons consider it extremely demeaning/bigoted to pigeon hole as patrons of the paddy wagon irish only. |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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10-31-2009, 06:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Correct.... i have checked the word origin, and yes it does have offensive meaning to the Irish...
however, I did not "coin" the phrase...
I must go sell some of this now...
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