"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
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Without the spike parts I'd be tempted to say they had something to do
with some very cold weather and two different size metallic monkeys. :-)


OK! You've done it now!

I know this trivia (being in the explosives industry), but most don't.

WHAT does it mean to "freeze the balls off a brass monkey"?

This sort of fits into the "What is it? LXXVII" series.

LLoyd