Freeze the balls off a brass monkey?

Posted by Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, on August 08, 2006 at 17:29:40 from (209.71.222.76):

In Reply to: Re: My big Balls posted by Nebraska Cowman on August 08, 2006 at 16:30:05:

In answer to the question no one asked, at 28 degrees Fahrenheit the balls freeze off a brass monkey.

On British ships of war the brass monkey was a cast frame to hold a pyramid of cannon balls in place on the deck. The differential in shrinkage between brass and iron would occasionally combine with rough seas to produce great confusion on the deck, and became a frequent reference point in conversations about the weather.

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• Re: Freeze the balls off a brass monkey? sammy the RED 19:21:55 08/08/06 (3)
  • Re: Freeze the balls off a brass monkey? Joe (Wa) 00:27:36 08/09/06 (2)
    • Re: Freeze the balls off a brass monkey? sammy the RED 20:30:54 08/09/06 (0)
    • Re: Freeze the balls off a brass monkey? FarmallBob 16:07:51 08/09/06 (0)

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