Actually it comes from an old movie about traffic cops. In one scene a cop draws down on the miscreant behind the wheel and tells him in a menacing voice, "Get out of the Dodge."

My brother has an old Dodge truck and lived at the time in West Virginia, which required an annual safety inspection. Bob took his pickemup down to the local inspection station, only to be informed by the inspector, "Bob, this old truck ain't gonna pass this time."

"Why not?" asked Bob.

"Horn don't work."

"Hayell," replied Bob, "it don't need no horn, it's got a visual warning device. See right there on the hood it says 'Dodge.'"


TEd