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Posted by R. Berg on December 09, 2001
In Reply to: Origin of "Go pound salt" posted by Teresa DeSantis on December 09, 2001
: What is the origin and the meaning of "go pound salt?"
: I've only heard
this used by one person, a gentleman who works for the county, in his reference
to those people who do not pay their land taxes. If the people become delinquent
in their taxes and the county has attempted contact, after two full years, "We
tell them to go pound salt," and the county then repossses the land.
: Why
salt? Why pound? Who are the salt pounders? Does one pound one's own salt? Why?
If you enter "pound salt" into the Search box on the main discussion page and read the first item that comes up, you'll find that this guy isn't such a gentleman after all.