[castlebrew]

“Clipping coupons” is a legacy term for those whose income (at least in part) derived from payments on bonds, back in the day when the bonds had an actual “coupon” to cut off & send in. IIRC.

So in a sense, Joe isn’t mixing too many metaphors. Neither totally accurate nor inaccurate.

I carry no brief for Quid Pro Joe. Just a bit of lexiconic trivia.

[sphinx]

I am probably in a tiny minority here in actually having in my physical possession a bond with paper coupons to clip and redeem.

Of course, it's an old confederate bond. The coupons are clipped right up until April 1865. The owner stopped clipping after that for some reason.

I calculated the accrued interest once. If the South ever rises again, I will be rich.

Maybe I could sell it to Joe, since he understands this stuff.

[Dr. Sivana]

“Clipping coupons” is a legacy term for those whose income (at least in part) derived from payments on bonds

So you are saying it is sort of like when we Freepers talk about "pulling a lever" for a candidate, even though mechanical voting machines have gone away?