[TML] an interesting story somewhat related to this thing we do

[GDWGAMES at aol.com]

>Your post piqued my interest, and I spent quite a bit of Google time myself.
>
>It looks like the phrase was originally used by highwaymen, and is 
>documented in 18th century writings.
>
>More recently (all references I saw were 20th century), it has come to a 
>much different meaning.  There are several military references where it 
>is used to mean standing up against enemy fire and firing back, which is 
>the meaning you remember.  In the lyrics of a civil rights song , it is 
>standing up against racism.

All I was able to determine is that the phrase is totally unrelated to the 
phrase "Stand in the liver" . . .

LKW


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