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Going "Balls to the wall"

submitted by deleted to Mildlyinteresting 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 03:29:43 ago (+41/-1)     (Mildlyinteresting)

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[ - ] canbot 6 points 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 05:46:22 ago (+6/-0)

This is not true.

Balls to the wall refers to the ball governor.

[ - ] ThisGuy 3 points 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 09:47:25 ago (+3/-0)*

You're thinking of "Balls out".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP-olwxkw7s

[ - ] deleted 0 points 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 12:13:47 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] WanderingToast 4 points 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 10:12:03 ago (+4/-0)

During WW2 the widow payouts for combat pilots was so generous (as part of a recruitment drive among crop dusters) that it was enough to pay off the mortgage on the farm and then some.

"He bought the farm" comes from this

[ - ] 1Icemonkey 0 points 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 10:34:49 ago (+0/-0)

I think that came from WW1, when everyone had a small family farm.

[ - ] WanderingToast 1 point 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 10:36:43 ago (+1/-0)

You might be right, but I don't think there were many US pilots in WW1...

[ - ] 1Icemonkey 0 points 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 10:41:58 ago (+0/-0)

I just thought it was meant for any soldier. And yeah, we didn’t fly in Europe.

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 4 points 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 03:42:02 ago (+4/-0)

The ammo rollout for a p-51 mustang measured about 27 feet long. If the pilot was to to come btb with no ammo left, he gave it the whole nine yards.

I don't know how true that is, but I heard it on the internet.

[ - ] throwawayaccount 2 points 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 05:27:03 ago (+2/-0)

Looked it up. Apparently the phrase predates even WW1, first appearing sometime in the 1850s. Theories currently place it as being something to do with bolts of cloth being spun into clothing.

[ - ] deleted 1 point 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 03:51:04 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 1 point 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 04:11:18 ago (+1/-0)

Oh damn, I saw that movie in theaters.

[ - ] Scruffy_Nerfherder 1 point 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 10:35:15 ago (+1/-0)

What about, "From the window to the wall?"

Now I am confused.

[ - ] HeavyBeefCurtains 1 point 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 10:09:05 ago (+1/-0)

yeah, going as fast as they can to kill fellow whites for the jews!

[ - ] AmazingFlightLizard 0 points 2.9 yearsJun 2, 2022 08:30:45 ago (+0/-0)

Same as how “balls deep” was a reference to old depth sounding measurements from sailing ships. Usually the rope they would lower into the water had ball-like things at the end so the guy sounding the depth had a final point to grip the rope and not accidentally drop the whole thing into the water.


I totally made that shit up.

[ - ] thebearfromstartrack4 0 points 2.9 yearsJun 1, 2022 11:45:06 ago (+0/-0)

What about the other balls? You must be a fag.