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[bellinghman]

BBC: Billions stolen in online robbery

Space trading game Eve Online has suffered a virtual version of the credit crunch.

One of the game's biggest financial institutions lost a significant chunk of its deposits as a huge theft started a run on the bank.

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[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

The sense of the phrase exists in Chaucer's The Parson's Tale

And ofte tyme swich cursynge wrongfully retorneth agayn to hym that curseth, as a bryd that retorneth agayn to his owene nest.

and seems to suggest that evil deeds will come back to haunt you, much as chickens always return to their roosts.

With thanks to www.phrases.org.uk :)

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Ah, one of those really old metaphors which has lost its flesh over the centuries.