Man, you guys have been blogging fools today! After I posted this morning, I had to go back to the older posts to catch up! But I'm loving reading about everything!
Mom wanted me to share a little piece of history you might find interesting! She got a pretty good laugh when I told her. I think Vonda had made the comment a couple days ago about it being colder than "boobs on a brass monkey." Well, I hadn't heard that one, but I had heard "colder than balls on a brass monkey" and the phrase actually has some history. Back in the day when people would fight battles/wars by ships, they had big, brass squares that would sit on the ship deck. This was called a "monkey." The monkey had indentations in it where lead cannon balls would fit perfectly. Once crew members lined the bottom of the monkey, they could stack the cannon balls pyramid-style. The only problem was that when the weather got cold, the brass would contract and the indentations in the monkey would shrink. So, all the balls would roll off the brass monkey onto the deck of the ship. And that's where the saying comes from. It's kind of interesting to know useless information like that. So it doesn't matter how cold your balls get, just keep your brass warm and they'll stay put! (No pun intended, well...maybe a little)
I'm not sure about "colder than a witch's tit," I'm still researching that one. I will get back to you though!
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