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[–] 8 pts 3y

Gave that commie the whole nine yards.

[–] 2 pts 3y

Fuck I hate commies. What kind of shithead thinks they can just steal your labor?

[–] 5 pts 3y

This phrase is much older than WW2. It is originally thought to come from a seamstress using an entire bolt of cloth, which also commonly were 9 yards longs in the past.

There are instances of this phrase in print predating 1900.

[–] 3 pts 3y

A full kilt is 9 yards long, I heard that's where the expression comes from.

Either way cool post

[–] 1 pt 3y

A Scottish Kilt?

[–] 1 pt 3y

Huh.. I always thought that the expression came from that Bruce Willis movie that came out in 2000.

[–] 1 pt 3y

I bet that fucker jams like hell while firing. I wonder how they would un jam it mid-flight.

[–] 1 pt 3y

Nah, just perform an inverse half roll with a violent quarter corkscrew, unjams every time ....

[–] 0 pt 3y

Yeah I always wondered as well. The planes had upwards of 6 machineguns iirc so if one jams I guess you just go with it.

[–] 2 pts 3y

Some had electric charging mechanisms so you could clear a bad round.

[–] [deleted] 0 pt 3y

I guess it would depend on who's feeding the ammo in. Get distracted for one second and suddenly there's a pretzel knot of ammo that you have to unfuck

[–] 0 pt 3y

I don't think this is accurate

[–] 0 pt 3y

Huh, I always thought it was a sportsball thing

[–] 0 pt 3y

Did not know that!

[–] [deleted] 0 pt 3y

Fuck, I never thought of where it came from.