[sammyg2]

I like finding out where some of our common sayings come from.
Example: "cold enough to freeeze the balls off a brass monkey" may not mean what most would think.
Some folks say that A brass monkey was a metal stand that held cannon balls on sailing ships back in the days of the tall sailing ships. They would stack the cannon balls next to the cannons in a brass monkey.
When it got really cold, the water that had accumulated in the "brass monkey" would freeze and expand, knocking the top layer of cannon balls loose. This is a topic of debate but there is some evidence to support it.

Another is "go the whole nine yards".
In the battle of britain in WWII, the british fighters had ammo belts that were nine yards long. the instructions give to the pilot was go the whole nine yards, in other words don't come back unless you are out of ammo.

Why don't they just make mouse-flavored cat food?

If you're sending someone some Styrofoam, what do you pack it in?

Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections?

Do they have reserved parking for non-handicapped people at the
Special Olympics?

Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?

If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?

Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have an "s" in it?

Since light travels faster than sound, isn't that why some people
appear bright until you hear them speak?