Interesting historical facts you may not be aware of

LOL
You misst one, Bull Sh$%.

a reply to: 727Sky

Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannonballs would come right off the monkey; Thus, it was quite literally, 'Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.'

Heard of this one long ago but not in such detail.

a reply to: Asktheanimals

You made me think of the Beastie Boys

Got this dance that's more than real Drink Brass Monkey, here's how you feel You put your left leg down Your right leg up Tilt your head back, let's finish the cup MCA with the bottle, D rocks the can Ad-Rock gets nice with Charlie Chan We're offered Moët We don't mind Chivas Wherever we go, we bring Monkey with us

originally posted by: Astyanax
a reply to: FloridaManMatty

...Aramaic

Good grief.

Which parts of the Bible do you imagine were wrritten in Aramaic?

Out of 31,102 verses in the Bible, 268 were written in Aramaic.

This thread is a clownfest.

Or Hebrew or f_cking Koine. You kinda missed the point there, sport.

a reply to: 727Sky

The relative thermal expansion difference between brass and iron would not be sufficient to cause the cannon balls to fall out of the indentations, also, it would be cheaper and easier to make the restraining grid out of wood, which could be nailed in place easily, too.

Brass monkey (colloquialism)

a reply to: 727Sky

Bravo

a reply to: Bilbous72

The rest of the week it was a quick strip wash....

Council bath....in the kitchen sink of our council house.

a reply to: Freeborn

House? You had a house? You were lucky.....etc.


Happy New Year!

a reply to: 727Sky

The term "dead nuts" is a machinist's term meaning with absolute accuracy. It comes from when you tighten the threaded nuts on set screws to lock in a position for machining, when the nuts are tightened to the degree they no longer turn and you are ready, the nuts will no longer turn, IE they are "dead nuts."