The whole nine yards...

[Badgermoon]

Does anyone know where that saying came from?

 

[Saks]

The Bruce Willis movie?????????

 

[Badgermoon]

The fighter planes (in the Pacific at least) carried belts of ammo for their 6, 50cal. machine guns. The belts were each 9 yards long when layed out on the ground. So if they used up all their ammo, they were said to have "given them the whole 9 yards"

 

[Saks]

Badger....you didn't keep them in suspense! You let me trip you up.

 

[Badgermoon]

Yeah... I'm too easy.

 

[Saks]

cheese head

 

[Badgermoon]

Hillbilly

 

[sundevil]

The fighter planes (in the Pacific at least) carried belts of ammo for their 6, 50cal. machine guns. The belts were each 9 yards long when layed out on the ground. So if they used up all their ammo, they were said to have "given them the whole 9 yards"

Real interesting fact. Thanks.

 

[BLEED GREEN]

Cool