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HSS Posted 20 years ago
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Picking off, Bill Collection



He was up in that clock tower picking people off one-by-one. I don't know that's the kind of man we want heading up that new branch office. He should be in bill collection.
What does bill collection have to do with shooting people one by one from the distance?

Hiro
  

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What in the world is the context of this unusual excerpt?! People aggressive enough to shoot others would be able to get money out of deadbeats* pretty easily, don't you think? CJ *deadbeats - irresponsible people who don't pay their bills

— CalifJim

  • What in the world is the context of this unusual excerpt?!
  • People aggressive enough to shoot others would be able to get money out of deadbeats* pretty easily, don't you think?
  • CJ *deadbeats - irresponsible people who don't pay their bills
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What in the world is the context of this unusual excerpt?!

People aggressive enough to shoot others would be able to get money out of deadbeats* pretty easily, don't you think?
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Hi, CJ.

Oh, okay, now I've got it. I didn't think as much as getting money out of them after shooting them. The speaker thinks the person could shoot deadbeats with precision, and get the money out of them.

This is from Seinfeld's book again, CJ.
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I read it as intimidating the deadbeats, not shooting them!
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But doesn't picking off mean shooting somebody from a distance?

Hiro
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HSS
What does bill collection have to do with shooting people one by one from the distance?

Hiro

Just found it a bit funny. Should have been "from a distance," not "from the distance." Me and my sleepy head!
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