In Reply to: artistic licence? posted by Metralla on October 31, 2003 at 00:29:53:
"the whole nine yards" comes from the use of Gatling guns a ways back. The "belt" of bullets was nine yards long and if the situation called for it, they would need to use the "whole nine yards" to fend off whomever was on attack.
Dave Clark
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Follow Ups
- the expression... - drclark 06:26:18 10/31/03 (2)
- Gatling Guns did not use belts - the cartridges were gravity fed - Metralla 15:50:23 10/31/03 (0)
- Re: the expression... - MarkgM 11:01:34 10/31/03 (0)