Five by Five
Posted by James Briggs on August 15, 2001
In Reply to: Five by Five posted by Patrick Nelson on August 15, 2001
: Does anyone know where this phrase originated. I belive it is an old military term for radio checks.
: Thanks
: PLN
Whether it was military or not, it was certainly the title, and main refrain, of a 1940s Ink Spots or Mills Brothers song - 'Mr five by five - he's five foot tall and five foot wide'
- Five by Five Bruce Kahl 08/15/01