I like to use the expression 'Freeze the balls off a brass bedstead'. You
can use that in front of your maiden aunt ;-)

Mike

"David Hill" wrote in message ...

On 11/03/2013 18:16, 'Mike' wrote:
David, 'Brass Monkeys' had nothing to do with gardening ;-)

Mike

I know, the Monkeys were the things that held the cannon balls and when
it was really cold they contracted and the balls fell off, but that
doesn't paint the same picture.