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Origins - where do sayings come from? #646423 05/07/12 01:26 PM 05/07/12 01:26 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15,020 Texas O olivant OP
olivant OP O Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15,020 Texas	I was watching an episode of Pawn Stars about the B-17 bomber and learned something pretty cool. Ya'll are familiar with the saying "The whole nine yards." Well, it apppears to have come from the ammunition belts that fed the B-17's 50 calibre machine guns. The belts were 9 yards long. What other sayings do you know the history of? "Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."

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Origins - where do sayings come from?	olivant	05/07/12 05:26 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	klydon1	05/07/12 05:32 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	olivant	05/07/12 06:49 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	Turnbull	05/07/12 08:10 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	Signor Vitelli	05/08/12 09:50 AM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	dontomasso	05/08/12 02:38 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	Sicilian Babe	05/08/12 02:50 AM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	klydon1	05/08/12 03:27 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	dontomasso	05/08/12 07:16 PM
Re: Origins - where do sayings come from?	Turnbull	05/09/12 01:42 AM