Folklore: Bought The Farm

Subject: RE: Folklore: Bought The Farm
From: GUEST,ozchick
Date: 09 Feb 07 - 11:14 PM

I've never heard of this saying until yesterday. The closest thing I can think of in Australia (i shouldn't speak on behalf of the country like that, I know) is if your family dog dies, the parents will tell the kids that they 'took it to the farm' - so the kids aren't too sad.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Bought The Farm
From: Rapparee
Date: 09 Feb 07 - 10:07 PM

"He bought a farm -- six feet by three."

Subject: Folklore: "Bought The Farm"
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 09 Feb 07 - 10:01 PM

A historian/writer compatriot - in the past has stated that the term (in a current B.S. thread) Bought The Farm is a reference to airplane pilots of World War ONE - (and subsequent barn-stormers) and crash landings.

What is your read?

Sincerely,
Gargoyle