What in the name of sam hill is this?

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Originally Posted by rgcraig

"The most likely, and accurate, source for "what in the Sam Hill is that?" comes from Abraham Lincoln's employer, Sam Hill, who is said to have thrown Lincoln's manuscript against the divinity of the Bible in the fire in 1834, advising Lincoln it would hurt him politically when running for office. Since as freethinkers neither Sam Hill or Lincoln believed in hell, the story goes Lincoln is reputed to have remarked "What in the Sam Hill are you doing?"".

I like that! LOL

this makes more sense than the song in question!