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Subject:Re: Marvel at my stupidity From:LDurway -at- PAV -dot- COM Date:Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:49:46 -0500
The story is that one of the fighter airplanes used in WWII could hold nine
yards of machine gun rounds (bullets connected in a long belt). Thus, when
the plane was completely out of ammo, the pilot was said to have given the
enemy "the whole 9 yards."
LD
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
