2006-11-17 06:25:57 · 27 answers · asked by birdman 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
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"The story goes that cannonballs used to be stored aboard ship in piles, on a brass frame or tray called a 'monkey'. In very cold weather the brass would contract, spilling the cannonballs: hence very cold weather is 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'." from the website below
2006-11-17 06:29:27 · answer #1 · answered by stag_12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A brass monkey is actually a term on an older ship. it was a rack-type thing in the form of a triangle that allowed cannonballs to be held in pyramids.
Whenever it got cold though, the brass would shirnk in size and cause the cannonballs to come loose, therefore, "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey"
2006-11-17 06:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not one I've ever heard before. Here is a link with some possible meanings of Brass Monkey.
2006-11-17 06:28:18 · answer #3 · answered by jfellrath 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I thought brass monkey was a drink.
2006-11-17 06:28:29 · answer #4 · answered by Tish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. A brass monkey is what they used on old-time sailing vessels to hold cannonballs in a pyramid stack.
2006-11-17 06:28:50 · answer #5 · answered by Compurednek 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no - it is a British Navy term for the plate on which the cannon balls are stored. In cold weather, the bras plate tends to contract at a faster rate than the iron cannon balls - which sometimes then fall off. Hence the term - 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'
good fact eh!
2006-11-17 06:27:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not. It's an alcoholic drink you can make with Old English Malt Liquor and orange juice. Drink the OE down to the top of the label and then add OJ until it fills back up to the top. Don't shake because it will fizz. And drink it while it's cold.
2006-11-17 06:37:32 · answer #7 · answered by James L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought a brass monkey was that little toy monkey clanging cymbals together.
Weird.
2006-11-17 06:34:02 · answer #8 · answered by Applecore782 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be, or it may be a brass statue of a monkey.
2006-11-17 06:27:03 · answer #9 · answered by LarbradorianGuy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...i play percussion, so i've played some pretty weird instruments in my time, but i've never played or even heard of a brass monkey.
2006-11-17 06:27:50 · answer #10 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋