Brass Monkey tale is fiction:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/brassmonkeys.htm[YOUTUBEHQ][/YOUTUBEHQ]
I have always liked ‘Greasing the skids’ to refer to preparing for a difficult job (boats skids were greased to ease operations)
Brass Monkey tale is fiction:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/brassmonkeys.htm[YOUTUBEHQ][/YOUTUBEHQ]
I have always liked ‘Greasing the skids’ to refer to preparing for a difficult job (boats skids were greased to ease operations)