Back when I lived in Iowa, I once saw someone carrying a very small but fully decorated Christmas tree from a gift shop. It was such a cold days that he froze his decorations off. The little round ones.
“It was so cold that…”.We had to stop eating with metal cutlery. Some people walked around for days with spoons or forks stuck to their tongues!.The squirrels in the park were throwing themselves at an electric fence!.Words froze in the air. If you wanted to hear what someone said, you had to grab a handful of sentences and take them in by the fire!.Playboy magazine stopped publishing because no women would take their clothes off.
The “Brass Monkey” expression is a nautical expression that originated during the days when cannon balls were stored on brass racks called monkeys. The racks were made of brass to prevent sparks from retting of the powder in the cannon balls. Sometimes at sea, the spray would cause the cannon balls to freeze to the rack, thus the expression, “Cold enough to freeze the balls on a brass monkey.”
Miny Boy about 9 years ago
Not here in Minnesota. (What a bizarre thing to say.)
TheSkulker about 9 years ago
Butt! Butt!
Manhunter808 about 9 years ago
Probably more on the “freezing my a$$ off” expression
Plods with ...™ about 9 years ago
freezing one’s @$$ off, I believe.
Aaberon about 9 years ago
Applauding all commenters! Anyone else?? We’re s’posed to have a day just like Wiz’s today: I need some new material!
elysummers about 9 years ago
65 here today. We’re not having any kind of winter at all here in the West. Good for the wildlife though.
Dr_Zinj about 9 years ago
Frozen body parts aren’t funny, to the people who have frozen body parts.
Kaputnik about 9 years ago
-6 ℉ when I got up this morning, but it’s sunny and not windy. We’ll take what we can get.
Charlie Fogwhistle about 9 years ago
Back when I lived in Iowa, I once saw someone carrying a very small but fully decorated Christmas tree from a gift shop. It was such a cold days that he froze his decorations off. The little round ones.
comixbomix about 9 years ago
Apparently his muffler fell off in the same panel, unnoticed…No one ever says, “I froze my scarf off”.
banks00wv about 9 years ago
Not to mention that the wall disappeared also.
Linda Pearson about 9 years ago
Whats that thing behind him that just fell off his back??
Lorence Tinnie Premium Member about 9 years ago
He froze his ass off!
damifid0 about 9 years ago
Teens this morning, Going to be above freezing[34degF]here on sundae. The melt will have it’s own issues. Peace. :)
Cerabooge about 9 years ago
What an ass.
legaleagle48 about 9 years ago
I’ve never seen that expression applied literally before!
neverenoughgold about 9 years ago
“It was so cold that…”.We had to stop eating with metal cutlery. Some people walked around for days with spoons or forks stuck to their tongues!.The squirrels in the park were throwing themselves at an electric fence!.Words froze in the air. If you wanted to hear what someone said, you had to grab a handful of sentences and take them in by the fire!.Playboy magazine stopped publishing because no women would take their clothes off.
Dewed about 9 years ago
lol I didn’t get it at first. I had to read the comments. I thought his teeth snapped or something, and that was a rock laying there.
vtdba about 9 years ago
-6℉ three hours ago. 18℉ now. Blue sky and the PV solar is running the cold climate heat pump for 74 ℉. I can’t ask for more then that.
Tandembuzz about 9 years ago
I guess he’s having a bit of a cold snap.
Tin Can Twidget about 9 years ago
The “Brass Monkey” expression is a nautical expression that originated during the days when cannon balls were stored on brass racks called monkeys. The racks were made of brass to prevent sparks from retting of the powder in the cannon balls. Sometimes at sea, the spray would cause the cannon balls to freeze to the rack, thus the expression, “Cold enough to freeze the balls on a brass monkey.”
Miny Boy about 9 years ago
Never mind, it’s really cold today, my bad.