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lmao

I think bagpipes come from a man bitting a cat's tail, thous the maooowwing sound.

lol wow great answer but not correct.

propat

In the best little whore house in texas??-Propat?

where did bagpipes originate?

propat

rags a full kilt today is the same as the past.on a 6 foot man its about 2 feet long and depending on gerth you get your next mesurment.a sash is just an attachment like a sporn ore a skin doo.not all wore these.now i can see a phrase the whole 9 feet comming from this.

propat

A full kilt other wise know in slang terms like the Full Monty or the Full 9 Yards was just that 9 yards. A modern kilt maybe a meter or more but a full tradition kilt is 9 yards. Im Italian so no expert ha ha. I figure just by the math it seems alot but if ya double it and sew together its 4.5 yards about 12 feet 3 to 4 around the waist 3 up the back to shoulder and 3 down the front. I dont know ohhhh those Scotts.

Very good obsevation, Today I have to do some volontairy work I I'l try to give it a go tonight with a few morequestions.

well there is no way to prove where the term came from i dont think it was either of these.belts have allways been measured in rounds not yards and a kilt i think takes about 1 square yard of material.

sooo im thinkin it was just derived from 9 the perfect number.

again thats just a guess as good as anyones.

propat

The Whole 9 Yards came from a tailor term for the length of the material that goes into a kilt. Some times a tailor would cheat a client and short the length, the term I want the whole 9 yards or you get the whole 9 yards was in that reference.
Edit in - the term pre dates the machine gun so its not the belt length although maybe the length was 9 yards (i dont know) and they took the term from the kilt under same conditions lets not cheat the enemy lets give him the whole 9 yards..Edit end

Correct Wills...and the "cat" in question 1 was of course the ....
Cat o nine tails. Used for severe reprimand and floggings.
Chimo

Brass monkey was actuallty the rack that held the cannon balls. In cold weather the cannon balls would actually shrink, thus falling through the rack

Correct, Fire destroyed the main ammo factory, the new ammo came a different factory and the fuzse were not the same.

bad fuzes.

your answer could be as good as mine.