Posted by Elmo Machete at ool-18ba0f7a.dyn.optonline.net on July 19, 2003 at 22:41:46:
In Reply to: yessssss posted by Alameda Whipsnake on July 19, 2003 at 22:40:18:
We called coleslaw liberty cabbage! And we called liberty cabbage super slaw. And a suitcase was called a Swedish lunchbox. 'Course, nobody knew that but me...
Anyway, long story short... is a phrase whose origins are complicated and rambling.