ohhhhhhh, nooooooooooo!!!

Someone made this up as another possible etymology for (gulp) "the whole nine yards"...

>Wipe your feet!
The longest "red carpet" is nine yards. Only Royalty and VIPS are given "The whole nine yards" of the "red carpet treatment". The rest of us get the shorter "red welcome mat" treatment.<

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Could we be entering into some more of that "nine yards"/"full monty" territory with this "red carpet" bit?