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bootlegs

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:25 pm
by dawsonn
if your not allowd to discuss bootlegs why is there a section for boots and unreleased? :lol: answer me that! also why are they called bootlegs? Is a bootleg a boot in replace of a leg, answer me that!

Re: bootlegs

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:43 pm
by Zuzana
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."

Re: bootlegs

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:44 pm
by soulfinger
dawsonn wrote:if your not allowd to discuss bootlegs why is there a section for boots and unreleased? :lol: answer me that! also why are they called bootlegs? Is a bootleg a boot in replace of a leg, answer me that!


1. Because you can discuss them without promoting the purchase or exchange of them without causing grief / lawsuits to the janitor.

2. No

Re: bootlegs

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:19 am
by MacRua
dawsonn wrote:if your not allowd to discuss bootlegs why is there a section for boots and unreleased? :lol: answer me that!!

DzM has answered it here i think