[UA] N.E.S.W.

[Greg Stolze]

>Sorry, meant to ask: is there a reason why people in the US are said to be 'up
>North' if they're behind bars? Put that together with 'going West' (slang for
>dying), 'going South' (when your plans screw up), and something to do with
>'going east' and you've got the components of sime kind of weird teleportation
>device. Or maybe not. Hey, look, it's 7:30 and I haven't slept yet. ;-)

Actually, the only one of those I've heard is "it went south."  Now,
there's "Go west, young man."  There's "South of the Border, West of the
Sun" and "North by Northwest," but those aren't really slang phrases.

-G.

As it turns out, my memory is far less detail-oriented than my imagination.

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