The whole nine yards...

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Badgermoon

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• Aug 1, 2003

• #1

Does anyone know where that saying came from?

 

Saks

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• Aug 1, 2003

• #2

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

 

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Badgermoon

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• Aug 1, 2003

• #3

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

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• Aug 1, 2003

• #4

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

 

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Badgermoon

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• Aug 1, 2003

• #5

Yeah... I'm too easy.

 

Saks

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• Aug 1, 2003

• #6

cheese head

 

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Badgermoon

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• Aug 2, 2003

• #7

Hillbilly

 

sundevil

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• Aug 3, 2003

• #8

Badgermoon said:

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"

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Real interesting fact. Thanks.

 

BLEED GREEN

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• Aug 5, 2003

• #9

Cool