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<blockquote data-quote="Warrior Poet" data-source="post: 2478534" data-attributes="member: 1057">This is the source of the term, &quot;bootlegging.&quot;&nbsp; As I recall, in the 18th cenutry in Scotland, taxes were levied on whisky that went into effect as soon as the drink left the distillery.&nbsp; To avoid being tasked for possession of &quot;water of life,&quot; distillery employees used to take off their boots and fill 'em up with whisky before leaving the distillery, either under the assumption that authorities were looking for bottles, jars, etc. and thus not think to look in boots, or under some loophole of the tax law that considered the boots somehow part of the distillery and therefore not subject to the tax.Someone who smuggled whisky, then, was a &quot;bootlegger.&quot;&nbsp; And also presumably liked the taste of athletes' foot in their spirits.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> Edit:&nbsp; Ok, I think I just remembered what it was.&nbsp; Tax on whisky, yes.&nbsp; So, in order to ensure the tax was paid, distillery employees were no longer allowed to bring buckets or other containers to the &quot;office&quot; to fill up before heading home (free whisky!).&nbsp; So, to avoid the container crackdown . . . ta da!&nbsp; Boots!Warrior Poet</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warrior Poet, post: 2478534, member: 1057"] This is the source of the term, "bootlegging." As I recall, in the 18th cenutry in Scotland, taxes were levied on whisky that went into effect as soon as the drink left the distillery. To avoid being tasked for possession of "water of life," distillery employees used to take off their boots and fill 'em up with whisky before leaving the distillery, either under the assumption that authorities were looking for bottles, jars, etc. and thus not think to look in boots, or under some loophole of the tax law that considered the boots somehow part of the distillery and therefore not subject to the tax. Someone who smuggled whisky, then, was a "bootlegger." And also presumably liked the taste of athletes' foot in their spirits. :confused: [I]Edit: Ok, I think I just remembered what it was. Tax on whisky, yes. So, in order to ensure the tax was paid, distillery employees were no longer allowed to bring buckets or other containers to the "office" to fill up before heading home (free whisky!). So, to avoid the container crackdown . . . ta da! Boots![/I] Warrior Poet [/QUOTE]

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