New Thread May Be Required
A new thread may be required for all this geographical, literary, climatic, historic ballbusting stuff:D :D
Don Cutponies, I too must ask of you, the issue of the outstanding request.
'HEY! AND WHERE ARE MY BLACK BALLBUSTIG BEAUTIES!':ibow4u: :thumbup
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Originally Posted by
skipperbob
At first I thought a brass monkey was a brass plate on the deck of a ship with indentations to hold cannonballs, thus the saying:) But alas, this appears to be wrong:( No one is sure where the phrase started and cannonballs were kept in racks on the gun and spar deck, not in pyramids piled up on deck:o The first sighting of the phrase was in the 1850's, and also included the monkey's tail, ears etc... (I am cheating with this part as I did a little research before answering this question);) Thus, it is one of history's mysteries where this phrase came from. Speaking of mysteries sir, why is the St Lawrence region called Lower Canada, and the Great Lakes, Upper Canada:confused: It seems backward to me:wooow I must now stop before I get kicked off this thread for being off topic:machine: Always look forward to hearing more from you:thumbup
HEY! AND WHERE ARE MY BLACK BALLBUSTIG BEAUTIES!:cussing: