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From: pweiss@sun.uucp (Paul Weiss)
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Subject: Re: Origin of "bought the farm"
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 16:24:47 EST
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> Does anyone know the origin of the phrase, "bought the farm"?
> -- 
I have heard that it's a reference to insurance policies.  The farmer's
life insurance policy was written to the value of the farm.  When the 
tractor rolled over on him, he had "bought the farm".

Now I've got one: whence "That's all she wrote"?