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From: drp@ptsfb.UUCP (Dale Pederson)
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Subject: Re: Anyone know where this saying came from?
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Date: Wed, 23-Jan-85 14:57:37 EST
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> How about the saying "the whole nine yards"?
> Does anyone know what it was derived from?
> I mean, shouldn't that be 10 yards?

I was told that it came from the fact that the intestinal tract
is nine yards (or so) long if unwound ...  So if you go the full
nine yards you've been through all the sh*t.