When I was in high school we had foundry for one of our shop classes. We put the pattern in a box and surrounded it with moist sand. We then pounded the sand to get it to match the pattern.
Unfortunately we were not allowed to do the casting. The teacher did that only for the best students. So I guess that when I pounded sand I was really pounding sand.
Fred:
January 22nd, 2020 at 10:19 am
I think its possibly a military slang term realted to “ground pounders” or the infantry. to pound sand would be to double time march on a beach or desert, something which would be very tiring.
One might say, “Hey come on lend me twenty bucks so I can get some beer” Not wanting to drink may be answered “you can go pound sand”
William F Mitchell:
July 31st, 2020 at 8:11 am
“He doesn’t have enough sense to pour sand in a rathole,” is an old Southern expression.
Someone is just conflating that expression with “Go pound sand” in the example you found.
Anonymous:
February 13th, 2021 at 10:16 pm
FYI, the first sentence of “What, No Butler?’ By Damon Runyon contains the phrase “to pound sand in a rathole”, published 1938.
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Larry Israel:
August 31st, 2014 at 10:51 am
When I was in high school we had foundry for one of our shop classes. We put the pattern in a box and surrounded it with moist sand. We then pounded the sand to get it to match the pattern.
Unfortunately we were not allowed to do the casting. The teacher did that only for the best students. So I guess that when I pounded sand I was really pounding sand.
Fred:
January 22nd, 2020 at 10:19 am
I think its possibly a military slang term realted to “ground pounders” or the infantry. to pound sand would be to double time march on a beach or desert, something which would be very tiring.
One might say, “Hey come on lend me twenty bucks so I can get some beer” Not wanting to drink may be answered “you can go pound sand”
William F Mitchell:
July 31st, 2020 at 8:11 am
“He doesn’t have enough sense to pour sand in a rathole,” is an old Southern expression.
Someone is just conflating that expression with “Go pound sand” in the example you found.
Anonymous:
February 13th, 2021 at 10:16 pm
FYI, the first sentence of “What, No Butler?’ By Damon Runyon contains the phrase “to pound sand in a rathole”, published 1938.