went walkabout

[Victor]

Here's SP's complete message that was posted by TPM people yesterday:

Whatever Sanford has actually been doing, he's just made "hiking the
Appalachian Trail" a euphemism for mysterious disappearances as a result
of illicit activities.
Come home after a weekend blackout bender? Hey, honey, I was just hiking
the Appalachian Trail.
Boss wants to know why you were out of the office for two hours while
screwing a co-worker at a nearby hotel? Just a quick hike on the
Appalachian Trail.


Joel S. Berson wrote:
> Perhaps I misunderstood who said what, and who was suggesting
> what. I thought the TPM correspondent had used "walkabout". But if
> that was only Laurence Horn, and the TPM correspondent merely said
> "hiking the Appalachian Trail", my comment becomes -- did the TPM
> correspondent actually suggest that that would become a
> euphemism? And (especially) for what? Being absent from one's
> duties for five days without saying where one was (and providing a
> false explanation)? Or more presciently, for being with ones illicit
> paramour?

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