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apeman · 10-19-2003, 02:31 PM

I was really disappointed that "freezing the balls of a brass monkey" was from when cannonballs were kept in a pyramid with a brass triangle round the bottom, to hold em up. When it got very very cold, the different rates of contraction of brass and lead made the heap fall over. Gutted.

I thought it was something rude.

10-19-2003, 02:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
apeman Wah Location: NZ	I was really disappointed that "freezing the balls of a brass monkey" was from when cannonballs were kept in a pyramid with a brass triangle round the bottom, to hold em up. When it got very very cold, the different rates of contraction of brass and lead made the heap fall over. Gutted. I thought it was something rude.