PeterL wrote:
> Bob Allison wrote:
> > In article ,
> > "clint" wrote:
> >
> > > Going to Hawaii, is it worth a side trip to Frisco, or stay in LA?
> >
> > As I said in another post:
> >
> > If you mention Frisco in the presence of a member of the San Francisco
> > Vigilance Committee, you may end up as a lamp pole ornament..
>
> Is there still a fine for referring to SF as "Frisco"?
>
"Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the
abominable word "Frisco," which has no linguistic or other warrant,
shall be deemed guilty of a High Misdemeanor, and shall pay into the
Imperial Treasury as penalty the sum of twenty-five dollars."
--Norton I, Emperor of the
United States and Protector of Mexico, 1872
It hasn't been repealed.
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