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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke

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To: Gary Taylor who wrote (16797)11/6/2000 7:04:07 PM
From: Barney  Read Replies (1) of 62592
 
re: What is a whack?

The precise allusion of the variant, a colloquial term dating from the late 1800s, is unclear. Possibly it relates to a whack, or blow, throwing something off, or some suggest, to wacky, that is, “crazy.”

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms


That sounds whacky enuf for me......lol
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