went walkabout

[Victor]

There is something missing in translation--the TPM correspondent
suggested "hiking the Appalachian Trail" to be the new euphemism, not
anything referring to "walkabout".

Joel S. Berson wrote:
> Or was he just lucky?  The story put out (at an early time) was that
> Sanford was hiking in the Appalachians -- that could have suggested
> walking about.
>
> Joel
>

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