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Post #160,157 by Another Scott 6/16/04 4:59:09 PM Reply	Wait a minute... I thought we discussed this before, but I guess not. [link\|http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrideshotgun.html\|The Straight Dope]: So stagecoach guards rode shotgun \ufffd they just didn't call it that in the 1880s, as far as anyone has yet discovered. The term "riding shotgun" to refer to the guard sitting next to the driver doesn't emerge from the Old West but rather from movies and TV shows about the Old West. To date no one has found a cite for "riding shotgun" during the time stagecoaches were actually used. Cheers, Scott.
Post #160,159 by drewk 6/16/04 5:15:30 PM Reply	Well ... They may never have said it in the old west, but that is the basis for the saying. === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #160,165 by Ashton 6/16/04 6:22:54 PM Reply	Concur. Prolly first used in the oodles of US Oaters (guess)

The official rules for calling "Shotgun" - (lincoln) - (28) - June 16, 2004, 02:11:30 PM EDT

so that's where it came from - (SpiceWare) - June 16, 2004, 03:59:31 PM EDT

Wait a minute... - (Another Scott) - (2) - June 16, 2004, 04:59:09 PM EDT

Well ... - (drewk) - June 16, 2004, 05:15:30 PM EDT

Concur. Prolly first used in the oodles of US Oaters (guess) -NT - (Ashton) - June 16, 2004, 06:22:54 PM EDT

And my rule is missing - (ben_tilly) - (17) - June 16, 2004, 10:06:32 PM EDT

Or *you* could drive -NT - (drewk) - (4) - June 16, 2004, 10:29:24 PM EDT

Actually that isn't an option - (ben_tilly) - (3) - June 16, 2004, 10:42:51 PM EDT

Ben, in Cali, *walks* to work - boggle -NT - (deSitter) - (1) - June 16, 2004, 10:45:03 PM EDT

Supposedly I'm missing out on "the LA experience" ;-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - June 16, 2004, 10:48:43 PM EDT

I actually remembered that - (drewk) - June 16, 2004, 10:50:29 PM EDT

"It's Tilly! Get the shotgun!" -NT - (deSitter) - (11) - June 16, 2004, 10:39:56 PM EDT

Weapons against IWETHEY people - (ben_tilly) - (10) - June 16, 2004, 10:47:48 PM EDT

s/fork/knife for peter and for me - (boxley) - June 16, 2004, 10:58:37 PM EDT

Ow! - (imric) - June 16, 2004, 11:28:36 PM EDT

I claim the habanero chile as my weapon! - (Yendor) - (5) - June 17, 2004, 09:39:48 AM EDT

Now that you mention it... - (folkert) - (2) - June 17, 2004, 02:15:23 PM EDT

But you'll need Scott's help for that -NT - (ben_tilly) - (1) - June 17, 2004, 04:09:21 PM EDT

Never mind that Beer that never ends though! -NT - (folkert) - June 17, 2004, 06:52:01 PM EDT

I finished that haberno, you chickened out though - (ben_tilly) - (1) - June 17, 2004, 04:08:13 PM EDT

What the.... - (Yendor) - June 17, 2004, 04:07:39 PM EDT

GAU-8 for me, please. -NT - (inthane-chan) - June 17, 2004, 10:49:02 AM EDT

Oh... you missed me: - (folkert) - June 17, 2004, 02:13:24 PM EDT

And the other shotgun? - (andread) - June 17, 2004, 12:53:51 PM EDT

Mine all mine - (broomberg) - (4) - June 17, 2004, 06:13:06 PM EDT

ICLRPD (new thread) - (ben_tilly) - June 17, 2004, 07:32:34 PM EDT

You're missing your Calling - - (Ashton) - (1) - June 17, 2004, 08:27:16 PM EDT

Agreed. We've got at least 2 NYT Best Sellers here on z. -NT - (Another Scott) - June 17, 2004, 10:41:30 PM EDT

ICanotherLRPD (new thread) - (drewk) - June 18, 2004, 09:04:47 AM EDT

Could be fun to watch if the chairs aren't bolted down.
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