[HPforGrownups] Fudge

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From: "manawydan" <manawydan at ntlworld.com>
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>    Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 14:00:20 -0500 (CDT)
>    From: "David Burgess" <burgess at cynjut.net>
> Subject: Re: Fudge
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> >Animallover_11 wrote:
> >> I think the key to this is that he "Ran out of Town".  This makes
> >>his exit sound more by choice like he was scared of the results of
> >>his lack of actions.  There has been some discussion on what side
> >>Fudge is on.....this could lead to proving that he was working with
> >>LV along.
> >>
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> >
> >Potioncat:
> >In American English a headline that read "Fudge Ran Out of Town"
> >would mean that the townspeople ran him out, or more likely here, he
> >was forced out of office.
> >Potioncat
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> Not to quibble (OK, yes, it is, but....) but if he were forced out of
> office and the Ministry (and town) wouldn't the headline be "Fudge Run Out
> of Town"?  Of course, "Fudge Ran Out of Town" could go either way (on a
> rail, or uder his own steam).
>
> For non-American English speakers, the reference we are using is to a
> quaint American custom sometimes refered to as 'tarred, feathered, and run
> out of town on a rail', where a ne'er-do-well is trussed up, bound hand
> and foot, and then hung from a fence rail (as in 'rail and stile') and
> carried out of town, with the admonition not to return.  I thought I'd
> explain it, since I didn't realize the genesis of the saying until just a
> couple of years ago.  I don't know if other English speaking group have
> shared this particular method of inviting someone to move on, but I know
> it was really popular in the American South until the middle of the 20th
> century.
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> Dave
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