Sayings and there origins

Ok new one for ya "Its cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey",do you know the origins to this one

I dunno, but I hear yer ugly 'nuff to make a freight train take a dirt road tho. :-P

I'm as bored as fuck.


No really, I am. :mellow:

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Originally Posted by Lilmiss

I'm as bored as fucking.

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Apparently yer not doing it right, trust me, it's only kinky the first couple of times.

I always liked "who gives a rats ass " . :)

...back to square one....I know it's origins, but do you?

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Originally Posted by nigel123

...back to square one....I know it's origins, but do you?

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Nope , wish I did .

http://www.idiomsite.com/

I still like "clichés are ten a penny"

The origin is a bloke I used to know, who said it in all seriousity. With nary the slightest hint of irony.

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Originally Posted by gripper103.2

Ok new one for ya "Its cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey",do you know the origins to this one

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Thats a naval/military one, belonging to the artillery I believe.

Well done Ratface in the old days cannonballs were stored on a brass monkey,which when it gets cold shrinks and the balls go rolling away