Jump to content
The mkiv Supra Owners Club

Club Competition #2


mawby

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 1.6k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

The saying "it's so cold out there it could freeze the balls off a brass monkey" came from when they had old cannons like the ones used in the Civil War. The cannonballs were stacked in a pyramid formation, called a brass monkey. When it got extremely cold outside they would crack and break off... thus the saying.

 

Not true.

 

Summary of the eRumor

This piece of alleged history explains that in the olden days of sailing ships, cannon balls were stacked on the decks on brass plates called "monkeys." The plates had indentions in them that held the balls on the bottoms of the stacks. Brass, however, expands and contracts with the temperature and if it got cold enough, the cannon balls could fall...giving real foundation to the phrase "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!"

The Truth

According to the United States Navy Historical Center, this is a legend of the sea without historical justification. The center has researched this because of the questions it gets and says the term "brass monkey" and a vulgar reference to the effect of cold on the monkey's extremities, appears to have originated in the book "Before the Mast" by C.A. Abbey. It was said that it was so cold that it would "freeze the tail off a brass monkey." The Navy says there is no evidence that the phrase had anything to do with ships or ships with cannon balls.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

How does Soup explode??? Must be like a mini-tidal wave :)

 

Unless of course, you put it in the microwave while still in the tin...... :blink: lol

 

dunno!

 

2 and a half mins at full heat. 2 mins 15 seconds into it i hear a big bang!

 

open the door and the inside of the microwave is plasterd with spicey sausage and tomato soup!

 

ate the rest of it that was in the bowl, i now have a warm fuzzy feeling inside. almost as if the microwaves are cooking me from the inside :blink:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. You might also be interested in our Guidelines, Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.