Sorry, Mr. RocketPak, sir. You can keep the frisbee.
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My wife did that the first time I handed her my gun to look at. 
. We all saw her do it. So now we drill or grill her on it to make sure she never does it again.
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When was ‘the whole nine yards’ coined?
Although the precise derivation of a given slang phrase is often difficult to determine, the date of its assimilation into the language usually isn’t. Phrases that are accepted into common use appear in newspapers, court reports, novels etc. very soon after they are coined and continue to do so for as long as the phrase is in common use.
Although we have documentary evidence of the expression’s existence in the USA in 1907, it appears it wasn’t in wide circulation before 1961. Why? In May 1961, the American athlete Ralph Boston broke the world long jump record with a jump of 27 feet 1/2 inch. No one had previously jumped 27 feet. This was big news at the time and widely reported. Surely the feat cried out for this headline?:
“Boston goes the whole nine yards”
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Hey, I found that and thought it was “cute”. I don’t necessarily agree or believe what I post. It’s just coincidental and makes it interesting.
There are plenty of sayings we do not know the derivation. Next time just go with it. Only an idiot would believe in every meme. I’m not an idiot but I do get things wrong from time to time. Just not this.
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Got this from Reddit:
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I’m surprised women’s shoe stores haven’t come up with the same idea.
Him: Are those new shoes? (Ok,ok, put aside the absurd notion he noticed.)
Her: Yes, I won them online in a giveaway.
Him: Isn’t this your third straight week in a row winning shoes? You must be the luckiest woman in the world.
Her: I am, because I married you. (Thus endeth the inquiry.)
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That’s a real cool deal, I want one, lol
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