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Subject:Re: Marvel at my stupidity From:barry -dot- kieffer -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM Date:Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:43:03 -0700
Maybe someone could enlighten me, what does "The Whole Nine Yards" mean?
In football it takes the whole ten yards for a first down.
Is this from a European game?
-Barry
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> My pet peeve is when someone says "I could care less." I always
> want to say "Then why don't you?"
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