Do you have any idea what you’re sayin'?…..

[rOmiLaYu]

You took the fun right out of it...wow, what a buzzkill. Things are so screwed up now that I can't even trust the things I read on the internet!

I'm not much fun at parties, either.

Another phrase I grew up hearing was "it's hotter than three feet up a bulls ass", can you refute that one?

Can't say as I've ever heard that one before.

 

[rOmiLaYu]

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Stone cold sober.

 

[greg vess]

How about " Shaking like a dog shi**ing silver nickels! ". I think that was literal. LOL

 

[mfoster]

Stone cold sober.

Until you fall off the wagon

 

[Granite3]

Actually it was used for both.

The whole 9 yards was referring to the machine guns on a P51. A full load of 50 cal was 27 feet of linked ammunition.

When they gave him the whole 9 yards they continually fired all the guns until they were empty.

I was under the impression it was the amount issued to waist gunners on B-17's.....

 

[Gunanddoglover]

 

[basstracker89]

Oh boy.... I can see that I'm going to be popular in this thread.

This is also not true. It comes from trading and commerce, the earliest attestations are also around the 17th century. The thumb was a simple rule of measure, broadly speaking, one inch. The thumb was used to determine length and width during trading. It had absolutely nothing to do with assault and battery in merry old England. Sorry.

I bet you're popular everywhere you go........🤣

 

[basstracker89]

I'm not much fun at parties, either.


Can't say as I've ever heard that one before.

Bull's butt sewed up with a grape vine.........

 

[rockyfatcat]

I was under the impression it was the amount issued to waist gunners on B-17's.....

The length of an M2 Browning .50 caliber ammunition belt can vary, but a commonly cited length is 27 feet (9 yards), often associated with the belts used in WWII fighter planes

 

[greg vess]

The phrase " It won't be long now! ". That came from a talking monkey that got his pecker caught in the fan. 😁