an allusion to a poem by American author Strickland Gillilan (1869 - 1954). Strickland once found a story telling of Finnigin, an Irish railroad worker who, when reporting on train wrecks, was told to keep it brief. Strickland turned one of the Irishman's telexes into a poem, which reads in part: / "Off agin, on agin, / "Gone agin. Nfinnigin" —PDC Volume 5 Approved Glossary