crowbar Hilton

[Victor Steinbok]

Not a clue, Larry. I simply took the one example I came across and
supplemented it with the meager offerings from the first page of Google
search.

     VS-)

On 5/16/2013 5:06 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> Any possibility of a semi-spinoff of (or influence from) the even more sarcastically dubbed (and more fetchingly alliterative) "Hanoi Hilton" from the Vietnam War era, or do some "crowbar Hilton" predate that particular "conflict"?
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> LH
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> On May 16, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
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>> Found this curious metaphor today. Haven't really heard it before,
>> although I don't have the HDAS on hand and JL might have already caught
>> it eons ago.
>>
>> http://goo.gl/aJCJf
>>> Disclosing taxpayer information is a very serious offense for an IRS
>>> agent.
>>> "That's like the one-way ticket to the crowbar Hilton in the IRS,"
>>> Hackney said.
>> A quick search reveals more than a handful of similar references.
>>
>> http://goo.gl/YpdEr
>>> 18. Somebody needs a time out in the Crowbar Hilton.
>> http://goo.gl/IgCeE
>>> 1. Say hello to the Crowbar Hilton young Mister Wade.
>> [Same poster on both of those comments.]
>>
>> http://goo.gl/G1wmo
>>> Crowbar Hilton....NOT even a good place to visit.
>> [Some interesting spelling here. "Weather" for "whether" is common, but
>> spells "paranoia" as "parnioa" twice.]
>>
>> http://goo.gl/K9rcZ
>>> Celebutante Checks Out of Crowbar Hilton
>> [Also being sold through Amazon and other sources. There is an added
>> irony--the "celebutant" is Paris Hilton.]
>>
>> http://goo.gl/hWMzw
>>> In Michigan that kind of language in public can net you a tall fine or
>>> a short stay in the crowbar Hilton...
>> http://goo.gl/CH3HZ
>>> o.j. simpson going to crowbar hilton
>>     VS-)
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