# Origin: "pound sand"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-pound-sand/722178>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 10, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-pound-sand/722178 "2015-06-10T16:56:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-pound-sand/722178/27 "2015-06-12T00:13:37Z")

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> [@where in montreal should I bring my cousin for his first legal drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-montreal-should-i-bring-my-cousin-for-his-first-legal-drink/94496/2):
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> Yes, rats do make and live in holes, and one way of dealing with them is filling them in or blocking them.

Blocking them just encourages the try for the 2-point conversion later.

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