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- From: IQTI400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (MacPhil)
- Subject: Re: The Whole Nine Yards
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 15:52:56 GMT
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- In article <WORDS-L%92123019073564@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
- Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU> writes:
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- >On Tue, 29 Dec 1992 10:22:47 -0500 Lee Bradley said:
- >>contained nine cubic yards of concrete. "How much concrete you want in
- >>this hole, boss?" --"The whole nine yards."
- >>
- >>Does anyone have a more logical (or documentable) explanation?
- >>
- > I can't document it, but to me it logically comes from football....
- >like it being fourth down and having the whole nine yards to go....
- >
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- In response to Lee, I'd say "close, but no cigar"...
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- The saying is from the days of delivering coal to homes for fuel.
- A coal truck would hold a maximum of nine cubic yards of coal
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- Happy New Year
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