XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: tonycooper214@gmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 18:34:38 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Jeff Barnett  posted:   
   >   
   >> On 11/16/2025 12:23 AM, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> > (Is the following True?)   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> > The phrase “a CH over six foot” likely refers to a "CH" being a shorthand   
   for "cattle horse" or possibly "Clydesdale horse," where "over six foot"   
   indicates the height of the horse, measuring over six feet tall at the withers   
   (the ridge between the    
   shoulder blades).   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> > In contexts involving horses, height is typically measured in hands,   
   where one hand equals four inches. Thus, "over six foot" would mean that the   
   horse is quite tall, likely intended to convey an impressive stature. If this   
   is related to something    
   else, please provide more context!   
   >>   
   >> I presume(?) you found this expression in a context including horses. If   
   >> so, why not say more about that context? If not, why did you assume   
   >> anything like the above? I may be missing something here but it seems   
   >> like the question is totally from left field. By the way, I don't know   
   >> where the cliche "from left field" comes so add that to the questions   
   >> being asked here.   
   >> --   
   >> Jeff Barnett   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   >           I heard it here.   
   >   
   >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMMoN1wSaPw&t=2m30s   
   >   
   > “….a CH over six foot…”  ---  What does this mean?       (He says    
   "De-SHOVE-ney"  -- is it his dry humor?)   
   >   
      
   He's saying he's a "ch over six foot", meaning he's an inch over six   
   feet tall, which is much taller than Duchovney.  Listen to the   
   context.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)