Re: Hurd user survey

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Brent Fulgham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Basically,  "Bought the Farm" is a slang term used in the United 
> States to mean someone died, e.g., "He bought the farm".  I'm not
> sure of its origin.

The alleged origin is in government pensions to the families of
soldiers killed in battle.  The pension makes it possible for the
family to buy their farm (which has presumably been under a mortgage),
and the soldier has enabled this by dying...