I highly doubt that. I'm close to 9 and mine looks nothing like that...
Well, at the end of the clip, you see it hanging only a bit past half-way to his knee.
When his partner is holding the adored object, it doesn't look like a third hand would have much to do.
And floppies, at least imho, always look longer than they are. (Or maybe not ... just my impression.)
So to me, nine inches still sounds about right.
Certainly, it's nothing like 11 inches plus,
pace the poster to whom I responded.
(You, SirNeal, I might add, are a very lucky man.
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