Re: OT: How to freeze the balls off a brass monkey

martin griffith wrote: 
Britain is facing a cold spell, and possible gas shortages so "freeze
the balls off a brass monkey" is a commonly used phrase.

Apparently this is where the phrase originated
http://www2.gol.com/users/coynerhm/cold_enough_to_freeze_the_balls_.htm

Etymological myth sadly. If such a small change (differential brass/ iron 7ppm/K: about 0.1mm for a 10" ball from the tropics to the arctic) were enough to upset the stacking of the balls, they wouldn't last long in a mild swell.

And what we call a "cold spell" in the UK would be a heatwave in other parts of the world...

Paul Burke
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