From: "Banjo Bud" <banjobud at cfl.rr.com> > What's a tie? You ask me what's a tie, I'll tell you what's a tie. A tie > is used to keep two railroad rails from clanging into each other. That's > what's a tie. > Hmm-m-m-m...?! That might be where the name of a "railroad tie" came from...?! Steven C. Barr