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Title: Trivia question!
Post by: DERK13 on April 12, 2011, 04:24:46 PM
where did the phrase" the whole 9 yards" originate from?
Title: Re: Trivia question!
Post by: Shuffler on April 12, 2011, 04:27:31 PM
Depends on who you want to believe.
Title: Re: Trivia question!
Post by: thndregg on April 12, 2011, 04:30:13 PM
Brings to mind the question: How long is a belt of .50 caliber ammunition?

Title: Re: Trivia question!
Post by: jolly22 on April 12, 2011, 06:28:43 PM
Quote from: thndregg on April 12, 2011, 04:30:13 PM
Brings to mind the question: How long is a belt of .50 caliber ammunition?



hmmmm 9 yards?
Title: Re: Trivia question!
Post by: Mar on April 12, 2011, 06:59:03 PM
Some guy once told me to give him the whole nine inches...

...and I ran like heck! :bolt:
Title: Re: Trivia question!
Post by: 007Rusty on April 12, 2011, 07:10:08 PM
Has to do with how much a concrete trucks will hold ...
Title: Re: Trivia question!
Post by: gyrene81 on April 12, 2011, 08:05:47 PM
Quote from: 007Rusty on April 12, 2011, 07:10:08 PM
Has to do with how much a concrete trucks will hold ...
not exactly considering that concrete truck capacity was as small as 4.5 yards when the term was supposedly coined and now they are as big as 12 yards.

there have been claims that it's a sarcastic phrase from american football when a player falls just short of the 10 yards needed for a 1st down.

i don't remember seeing a 27 foot length of m-2 ammo come out of a fresh box...105 rounds of 50 cal ammo is all the little green can held...for aircraft the belts were linked together.

i've seen/heard of a reference to the length of a belt of machine gun ammo for spitfires being 27 feet...

truth is, no one really knows where it started.
Title: Re: Trivia question!
Post by: canacka on April 12, 2011, 08:49:10 PM
Why do bras and batteries come in the same sizes?
Title: Re: Trivia question!
Post by: Tom5572 on April 13, 2011, 10:43:31 AM
When the P47 would return completely winchester, he was said to have shot the whole 9 yards.  It was a reference to combined length of the ammunition carried by those beautiful jugs  :cheers:
Title: Re: Trivia question!
Post by: VonMessa on April 13, 2011, 10:51:10 AM
Quote from: canacka on April 12, 2011, 08:49:10 PM
Why do bras and batteries come in the same sizes?

They both turn something on...