dawsonn wrote:if your not allowd to discuss bootlegs why is there a section for boots and unreleased?
To test you if you are able to keep your mouth shut?
Check
Bootlegs FAQ to see if you can find a ban of anything else apart from direct linking and swapping.
dawsonn wrote:also why are they called bootlegs? Is a bootleg a boot in replace of a leg, answer me that!
Such crucial sources as the
Modern Drunkard Magazineknow answers to all your questions.
"In the 17th century a bootleg described the upper part of the rather tall boots popular at the time. It was also popular (amongst English smugglers anyway) to hide bottles of untaxed booze there. The term was later affixed to the enterprising chaps who dealt in illicit alcohol during U.S. Prohibition."
[quote="dawsonn"]if your not allowd to discuss bootlegs why is there a section for boots and unreleased?[/quote]
To test you if you are able to keep your mouth shut? ;) Check [url=http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=712]Bootlegs FAQ[/url] to see if you can find a ban of anything else apart from direct linking and swapping.
[quote="dawsonn"]also why are they called bootlegs? Is a bootleg a boot in replace of a leg, answer me that![/quote]
Such crucial sources as the [url=http://drunkard.com/issues/02_05/02-05_on_the_cuff.htm]Modern Drunkard Magazine[/url]know answers to all your questions.
"In the 17th century a bootleg described the upper part of the rather tall boots popular at the time. It was also popular (amongst English smugglers anyway) to hide bottles of untaxed booze there. The term was later affixed to the enterprising chaps who dealt in illicit alcohol during U.S. Prohibition."
