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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 13, 2024 12:44:32 GMT -5
Hela, Thor #150 (Marvel, 1968)  |
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 13, 2024 14:32:02 GMT -5
Hero for Hire #5, January 1973, cover by Billy Graham. There's a stylized "BG" signature in the lower left corner.  For those unfamiliar with old slang, a "black mariah" was a police van, also called a "paddy wagon".
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Post by jtrw2024 on Nov 13, 2024 15:36:06 GMT -5
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 13, 2024 18:40:54 GMT -5
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Post by Jeddak on Nov 13, 2024 18:41:09 GMT -5
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 13, 2024 19:01:03 GMT -5
Hero for Hire #5, January 1973, cover by Billy Graham. There's a stylized "BG" signature in the lower left corner. For those unfamiliar with old slang, a "black mariah" was a police van, also called a "paddy wagon". All I could say is CHRISTMAS!! |
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Post by Farrar on Nov 13, 2024 19:25:33 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 13, 2024 20:23:54 GMT -5
Hero for Hire #5, January 1973, cover by Billy Graham. There's a stylized "BG" signature in the lower left corner. For those unfamiliar with old slang, a "black mariah" was a police van, also called a "paddy wagon". Black Mariah goes way back to a Black woman in colonial-era Boston; paddy wagon has often been ascribed to the use of “Paddy” as a slur against Irish immigrants. Unclear whether the wagons got that nickname because they were used to transport arrested Irishmen or were driven by Irish police officers. |
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Post by foxley on Nov 13, 2024 20:34:44 GMT -5
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Post by foxley on Nov 13, 2024 20:44:19 GMT -5
Hero for Hire #5, January 1973, cover by Billy Graham. There's a stylized "BG" signature in the lower left corner. For those unfamiliar with old slang, a "black mariah" was a police van, also called a "paddy wagon". Black Mariah goes way back to a Black woman in colonial-era Boston; paddy wagon has often been ascribed to the use of “Paddy” as a slur against Irish immigrants. Unclear whether the wagons got that nickname because they were used to transport arrested Irishmen or were driven by Irish police officers. Supposedly the original Black Mariah (or Black Maria, both spellings are used) used to break up fights and haul the offenders off to the police station. She was so good at this that the local police sometimes called on her to help with difficult prisoners. When the Boston police got proper prisoner transport wagons, they nicknamed them Black Mariah's in her honour.
In Australia, the equivalent term is is the far less poetic 'divvy van'. This is a shortening of 'divisional van' (abbreviating words is a feature of Australian English), and they are called than because they were originally hosed Divisional Headquarters which were manned 24/7.
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 13, 2024 21:24:12 GMT -5
Black Mariah goes way back to a Black woman in colonial-era Boston; paddy wagon has often been ascribed to the use of “Paddy” as a slur against Irish immigrants. Unclear whether the wagons got that nickname because they were used to transport arrested Irishmen or were driven by Irish police officers. Supposedly the original Black Mariah (or Black Maria, both spellings are used) used to break up fights and haul the offenders off to the police station. She was so good at this that the local police sometimes called on her to help with difficult prisoners. When the Boston police got proper prisoner transport wagons, they nicknamed them Black Mariah's in her honour.
In Australia, the equivalent term is is the far less poetic 'divvy van'. This is a shortening of 'divisional van' (abbreviating words is a feature of Australian English), and they are called than because they were originally hosed Divisional Headquarters which were manned 24/7.
You're right on Mariah according to everything I've read. She supposedly ran a "house of entertainment" for sailors and was not to be messed with. I've heard that the term paddy wagon has gone the way of the dodo in Australia. You still hear it over here once in a while. Sometimes you'll hear it was short for patrol wagon. I'm.... not so sure.  |
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Post by foxley on Nov 13, 2024 23:41:41 GMT -5
Supposedly the original Black Mariah (or Black Maria, both spellings are used) used to break up fights and haul the offenders off to the police station. She was so good at this that the local police sometimes called on her to help with difficult prisoners. When the Boston police got proper prisoner transport wagons, they nicknamed them Black Mariah's in her honour.
In Australia, the equivalent term is is the far less poetic 'divvy van'. This is a shortening of 'divisional van' (abbreviating words is a feature of Australian English), and they are called than because they were originally hosed Divisional Headquarters which were manned 24/7.
You're right on Mariah according to everything I've read. She supposedly ran a "house of entertainment" for sailors and was not to be messed with. I've heard that the term paddy wagon has gone the way of the dodo in Australia. You still hear it over here once in a while. Sometimes you'll hear it was short for patrol wagon. I'm.... not so sure. You're right. 'Paddy wagon' has totally been replaced by 'divvy van'. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 14, 2024 1:44:50 GMT -5
I've been told that in Germany a police van is called a "green minna".
PS: I think I was in my twenties when I learned that the term "paddy wagon" had anything to do with Irish people. Until then it was just the word for those vans.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 14, 2024 6:30:16 GMT -5
(...) Unclear whether the wagons got that nickname because they were used to transport arrested Irishmen or were driven by Irish police officers.   |
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Post by DubipR on Nov 14, 2024 8:39:44 GMT -5
I'm happy to see all the Eisner love on this week's contest.
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