Comments on: Buy the Farm https://www.isegoria.net/2015/08/buy-the-farm/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:33:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Kudzu Bob https://www.isegoria.net/2015/08/buy-the-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-2370249 Kudzu Bob Tue, 25 Aug 2015 02:59:18 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38722#comment-2370249 Just noticed that Bob Sykes beat me to the whole death benefit thing.

]]> By: Kudzu Bob https://www.isegoria.net/2015/08/buy-the-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-2370025 Kudzu Bob Mon, 24 Aug 2015 20:50:55 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38722#comment-2370025 Wasn’t there some sort of death gratuity in the Second World War? Jesse Stuart’s Taps for Private Tussie is about a Kentucky hillbilly clan that gets a ten thousand dollar windfall in such a way, I believe. That kind of money in those days might very well buy a farm.

]]> By: Lu An Li https://www.isegoria.net/2015/08/buy-the-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-2369033 Lu An Li Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:28:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38722#comment-2369033 No! Has nothing to do with the value of crops on the ground.

The script in the movie would go something like this:

“What are you going to do when the war is over, Jim?” [one combat pilot speaking to another]

“Ellen and I have our eye on this little plot of land just south of town we want to buy. We can farm it and live a pleasant life when the war is over.” [Jim speaking]

Then the plane crashes with Jim at the controls.

Jim is supposed to have gone to the land of his dreams, he bought the farm.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2015/08/buy-the-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-2367985 Bob Sykes Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:50:50 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38722#comment-2367985 I always thought this referred to cashing in the government life insurance policy.

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