From: sager
To: barge
Subject: Re: [BARGE] Family activities
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 23:36:53 -0700 (PDT)

> Can anyone explain (or point me to an explanation of) the origins of "Peg"?

Ok, here's the story from the beginning...

First, "Peg" comes from Peg Bundy of the TV show Married With Children.
The origin of Peg in poker circles dates back many years to the early days
of irc poker.  Back then, JZK, I, and many others from this list 'lived'
on the irc poker server.  Much of the poker chatspeak, acronyms, and
other weird stuff originated there as we clearly, lacking lives, had way
too much time on our hands.

In the case of 'Peg', as Kim recently mentioned on this list, JZK's first
wife was the first 'Peg'.  It became a nightly occurrence on irc for JZK
to 'tap' on her.  Since JZK also has a son and daughter from his first
marriage, I, being a big Married With Children fan, started referring to
his family as the Bundys.  In particular, I started referring to his
wife as 'Peg'.  And it caught on --- big time I guess --- as it's now a
common term in these poker circles.  We used 'Kelly' and 'Bud' to refer
to his kids, but only 'Peg' really stuck.

And that's basically the story...

(sagerbot of irc days)