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Harry in Kent has written in to shed further light on one of last week’s issues:
You were talking about why do restaurants say something is “86” when it’s gone.
I used to work for TGI Fridays and when I was being taught the lingo and trained (like you need training to serve burger and chips), I was told that there was a story about a man who tried committing suicide, and jumped off of the 86th floor of the Empire State Building which is the observation deck.
There is the second part to this story that if the item comes back in stock then it is 68 because the suicide attempt failed as the guy hit/landed in a window-cleaning dolly on the way down, at the 68th floor and was seriously injured BUT did actually survive.
Make of it what you will considering this is just a TGIs urban myth.
I love the idea that TGI Fridays has its own catalogue of urban myths and linguistic quirks. Anyone know any more? Tell us in the comments. No doubt the unique vocabulary concerning onion rings alone could fill a tome.
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