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In Reply to: But, um, this guy ain't! posted by ElbowGeek on April 17, 2007 at 04:59:02:
...enjoy (or don't, if that is your inclination):Betcha didn't know this!
In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannons fired round iron cannon balls. It was necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon, but how to prevent them from rolling about the deck? The best storage method devised was a square based pyramid with one ball on top, resting on four resting on nine which rested on sixteen. Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon.
There was only one problem...how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding or rolling from under the others.
The solution was a metal plate called a "Monkey" with 16 round indentations. But,if this plate was made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it.
The solution to the rusting problem was to make "Brass Monkeys." Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled.
Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannon balls would come right off the monkey.
Thus, it was quite literally, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey". (And all this time, you thought that was an improper _expression, didn't you?)
Dave
Later Gator,
Crank up your talking machine, grab a jar of your favorite "kick-back", sit down, relax, and let the good times roll.
Follow Ups:
tit" come from?
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If I had more money I'd soon be broke...but I'd have more LPs!
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"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
That way-cool video below your signature, is that from your site?I kinda like this one, too.
Ergo grex, ergo sum.
...and a reference to "Red Raven" records. Click on one of his posts to see another one.
Dave
Later Gator,
Crank up your talking machine, grab a jar of your favorite "kick-back", sit down, relax, and let the good times roll.
In fact I've seen a brass monkey on my travels through Europe ;-)
Some of them stood around on streets downtown saying, "Hey sailor, drop your anchor over here!" Sometimes with a lisp.
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If I had more money I'd soon be broke...but I'd have more LPs!
Yes, you dun it - forced me to print the lyrics to C*cksucker Blues. Hurry and read before the Bored quite rightly obliterates this post:Well, I'm a lonesome schoolboy
And I just came into town
Yeah, I'm a lonesome schoolboy
And I just came into town
Well, I heard so much about London
I decided to check it outWell, I wait in Leicester Square
With a come-hither look in my eye
Yeah, I'm leaning on Nelsons Column
But all I do is talk to the lionsOh where can I get my cock sucked?
Where can I get my ass fucked?
I may have no money,
But I know where to put it every timeWell, I asked a young policeman
If he'd only lock me up for the night
Well, I've had pigs in the farmyard,
Some of them, some of them, they're alright
Well, he fucked me with his truncheon
And his helmet was way too tightOh where can I get my cock sucked?
Where can I get my ass fucked?
I ain't got no money,
But I know where to put it every timeI'm a lonesome schoolboy in your town
I'm a lonesome schoolboy
Sometimes I wonder about....that guy over there> > > > > > >
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If I had more money I'd soon be broke...but I'd have more LPs!
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