On the show September 26th, a caller wanted to know the origin of the term "Biz Bag" for something to be discarded.
I too remembered the '70s commercial with the family sorting the really stained clothes ("We Biz Bag!") from the ones needing only normal laundering ("We Biz Bag not!"). Comedian Doodles Weaver made reference to it in his version of "Eleanor Rigby", triggered by the image of "Father Mackenzie wiping the dirt from his hands" to switch songs and sing "You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Filthy! Ready for the Biz Bag!"
There are a couple of clips of the song on YouTube; here's one. The Biz Bag reference comes near the end of the song.
Seems odd, that Biz Bag has gone from being items worth extra effort to salvage to items not worth bothering with. The Biz Bag has almost become the Burn Bag. I say "almost" because the Burn Bag contains high-value items to be destroyed to maintain security, rather than items that are merely refuse.
Never ran into "biz bag" but have heard of "burn bag" (in the sense deaconB cited).
Back in 2001, when we were preparing for a possible evacuation from a desert brush fire, we assembled what we called our "bug-out bag." Stole the term from an episode of MASH. Fortunately, we didn't need to bug-out.
Heimhenge said
Back in 2001, when we were preparing for a possible evacuation from a desert brush fire, we assembled what we called our "bug-out bag." Stole the term from an episode of MASH. Fortunately, we didn't need to bug-out.
"bug-out bag" or "BOB" is a big topic for preppers.
M*A*S*H was set in Korea, and the unofficial theme song of the was was said to be "Bug-out Boogie", supposedly forbidden, but still known in every unit. Nobody seems to know who wrote the lyrics, but the melody came from the 1950 Hank Snow song, "Movin' On" A 1951 Herald-Tribune military correspondent said “Men talked of ‘bug-out gas’ and ‘bug-out jeeps’ and ‘bug-out routes’.” And Hank Snow's song was about a guy bugging out from an unhappy relationship.
Whether the heat comes from chicom artillery, from a pretty little lady in Tennessee, or a desert brush fire, being ready for a hejira is a good idea. As Robert Heinlein repeated wrote, a motion to adjourn is always "in order".