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Many different words and phrases came from those sailing days and a lot of people who don't know the true meaning will take offense at them. The balls on a brass monkey is one. A brass monkey is a device made out of brass for storing cannon balls on deck, usually in a pyramid shape. There are many more, but we'll leave them for another time.:highly_amused: PJ
And many people don't realize that a lot of these fun anecdotes are just made up: https://www.snopes.com/language/stories/brass.asp
And regarding the fun fact about stuff in transit: https://tinyurl.com/2ujtd