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Thread started 11/18/08 5:36am

MetalMonkey

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Love 2 The 9's

Sorry for being really dim

but what is being loved 2 the 9's actually mean?
Give what U can, all U can stand, and all of your life will be made!

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Reply #1 posted 11/18/08 6:01am

MetalMonkey

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naughty "bump"
Give what U can, all U can stand, and all of your life will be made!

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Reply #2 posted 11/18/08 6:05am

NouveauDance

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It comes from 'dressed to the nines' I guess - to dress up well or formal. In this context it means 'the most' or the best/maximum.
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Reply #3 posted 11/18/08 6:11am

MetalMonkey

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but then still what has 9 got to do with any of it? was it the time that people went out or something??
Give what U can, all U can stand, and all of your life will be made!

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Reply #4 posted 11/18/08 6:13am

MetalMonkey

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The phrases 'to the nines', or 'to the nine', were used to indicate perfection - the highest standards. That was in use in the 18th century, as here from William Hamilton's Epistle to Ramsay, 1719:

"How to the nines they did content me."
Give what U can, all U can stand, and all of your life will be made!

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Reply #5 posted 11/18/08 8:09am

funkii

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MetalMonkey said:

but then still what has 9 got to do with any of it? was it the time that people went out or something??


hehehe
i haven't heard or used this in real life before but i would say
when something is given a 10 out of 10 is it good?
it's about 100%.. so it's gotta be good
how about 9/10?

perhaps 2 the 9's?
almost a perfect 10
You saw the apple
hanging on the tree,
But missed the orchid
in your gaze
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Reply #6 posted 11/18/08 6:49pm

Tame

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Love 2 the 9's is high on the tree of love ya know...It means that after U've been together A million days and a million nights, U still care what Ur lover has to share with U...And when there is nothing to share but silence...It is the most comfortable place U can be. Home is where the Heart is.
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #7 posted 11/18/08 7:11pm

wildgoldenhone
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Good question.
Let me know when you find the answer.
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(cause I surely don't know)
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Reply #8 posted 11/19/08 12:51am

nurseV

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Reply #9 posted 11/19/08 5:25am

kevinpnb

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In addition to making use of the cliché meaning "the very best," I always have thought P was making reference to the numerology of "9," the number that goes on forever, or "for all time.". Ex: 9+9=18, 1+8=9. 9x3=27, 2+7=9. Etc.
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Reply #10 posted 11/19/08 5:27am

Dewrede

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googled it ,
HERE is what came up smile
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Reply #11 posted 11/19/08 5:29am

Dewrede

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so basically no one knows lol confused
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Reply #12 posted 11/19/08 5:33am

Dewrede

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Reply #13 posted 11/19/08 5:39am

RodeoSchro

MetalMonkey said:

Sorry for being really dim

but what is being loved 2 the 9's actually mean?


Some think it means that we should love the poster known as "2the9s".

Well, 2the9s thinks that.
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