Sin Bin

[George Thompson]

I also recall this to have been used by broadcasters of hockey games to
refer to the penalty box.  I haven't listened to hockey regularly for
15 or 20 years, but cannot otherwise give a date to this.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African
Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998.

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark A Mandel <mam at THEWORLD.COM>
Date: Monday, February 25, 2002 4:20 pm
Subject: Re: Sin Bin

> On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>
> #   Greetings from on the road to Wellington.
> #
> #SIN BIN--E-mail bin when "sinful" messages are examined.  A judge who
> #looked at "sinful" web sites caused a big scandal here in New
> Zealand.
> ISTR that term in the sixties for ... hmm, was it college or summer
> camp? Anyway, a visiting room used for heavy making-out and (according
> to rumor) going all the way.
>
> -- Mark A. Mandel
>