chew on this for a few moments: http://www.9-yards.com/whole9.html
At 04:51 PM 12/18/01, you wrote: >Don't be a tease - tell us... > >Howie > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 4:48 PM >Subject: Re: Some useless trivia (to lighten the mood) > > > > There's a lot of controversy as to where the phrase came from. I have a > > book at home with two different possible origins. > > > > >The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the > > >Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the > > >50-caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being > > >loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their > > >ammo at a target, it got the whole 9 yards." > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=cold fusiona Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
