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Subject:Re: Marvel at my stupidity (whole 9 yards) From:Carol Gasser <cgasser75 -at- YAHOO -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:57:11 -0700
--- barry -dot- kieffer -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM wrote:
> Maybe someone could enlighten me, what does "The
> Whole Nine Yards" mean?
I once *heard* (See how I am stressing that I don't
know if it's true?) that this came from a World War I
expression.
The story is that most WWI planes could hold, in their
bomb bays, explosives that measured twenty-seven feet
in length. It was possible to drop part or all of this
on a target.
So if you really wanted to blast a target, you gave
them "the whole nine yards."
Yours in useless trivia heaven,
- CG
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Carol Gasser
Ambassador Consulting, Inc.
317-433-3622
cgasser75 -at- yahoo -dot- com
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