Talk:Steve Brodie (bridge jumper)
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To "pull a Brodie" was still common slang in the US, e.g., Southern California, into at least the 1960s.
[edit] Pull a Steve Brodie
I first heard this expression from my father back in the early 1960's in So. CA. Now, 40 years later, any fall or leap from an appreciable height I still refer to as a "Steve Brodie". Old habits die hard. - - Greenbomb101 15:22, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Brodie Did Jump (no dummy was involved)
"It was subsequently determined that Brodie had probably not actually jumped, but instead used a dummy he had hidden in the area." I must take this out. The late Brooklyn scholar David Shulman (who was quoted on this in the NY Times) was absolutely convinced that Brodie did jump. The "dummy" story was invented later. This must be removed -- it certainly wasn't "subsequently determined" by Shulman. Barry (talk) 01:28, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
