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RSG · 05 Jul 2004, 03:36

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True story!

**The Flying Mouse** · 05 Jul 2004, 06:05

It's suprising how many common use terms have a naval origin

.
For instance......

Not enough room to swing a cat.
Punishments were administrated with the use of a cat of nine tails.Punishments were always carried out on deck, as below deck there was "not enough room to swing a cat".

Learning the ropes.
For a young midshipman to progress to the next level of rank, he was required to know the purpose of ever rope used on the ship.

Cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey.
No, it's not a rude one

.Cannon balls were stored in brass squares called Monkeys.Metals expand and shrink depending on the temperature.As brass and iron shrink at different temperatures (can't remember which one shrinks faster

) the cannon balls would be upset and spill all over the gun deck.

Not a lot of people know that.
Not a lot of people want to know that

RSG · 05 Jul 2004, 08:31

who knows the story of, "son of a gun"

well, i heard,

when a woman was pregnet on a real full ship it was impossible, for the woman to give birth, but there was a place just under the cannon for the baby. and that's where the woman gave birth to a son of a gun

this was in older days

05 Jul 2004, 03:36	#1
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05 Jul 2004, 06:05	#2
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	It's suprising how many common use terms have a naval origin . For instance...... Not enough room to swing a cat. Punishments were administrated with the use of a cat of nine tails.Punishments were always carried out on deck, as below deck there was "not enough room to swing a cat". Learning the ropes. For a young midshipman to progress to the next level of rank, he was required to know the purpose of ever rope used on the ship. Cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey. No, it's not a rude one .Cannon balls were stored in brass squares called Monkeys.Metals expand and shrink depending on the temperature.As brass and iron shrink at different temperatures (can't remember which one shrinks faster ) the cannon balls would be upset and spill all over the gun deck. Not a lot of people know that. Not a lot of people want to know that

05 Jul 2004, 08:31	#3
RSG Mega Loafer Join Date: 27.07.2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,296	who knows the story of, "son of a gun" well, i heard, when a woman was pregnet on a real full ship it was impossible, for the woman to give birth, but there was a place just under the cannon for the baby. and that's where the woman gave birth to a son of a gun this was in older days