Whole Nine Yards

[Grant Barrett]

On 1/3/02 08:55, "Jonathon Green" <slang at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK> wrote:

>That said, I can't find a 'whole nine yards' thread
> in ADS-L Archives (the main ref is to Jesse Sheidlower expounding on the
> Full Monte) but maybe I searched incorrectly. I find it hard to believe that
> the assembled expertise has not been focussed in that direction already.

You're right; our experts have been hard at work on this one (or at least
hard at the keyboard). If you search the archives for "nine yards" you'll
find what looks like everything we've every posted on the topic.

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