Here on planet Earth?
Posted by Bob on December 13, 2005
In Reply to: Here on planet Earth? posted by ESC on December 13, 2005
: : : : Colder than a witches tit.
: : : : When the temperature falls low enough to freeze mercury in the bulb or t i t of a weather witch or what is commonly known as a mercury thermomoter it is said
: : : : to be as cold as a witches tit.
: : : Exactly how cold would that be?
: : The melting point of mercury is -38.83 °C (-37.89 °F). While that's not an unheard of temperature, I'm sure most of us would agree that it was indeed colder than a witch's t i t long before that. RRC
: Especially so in a brass brassiere
See, that's where I become confused again. I have heard "colder than a witch's t i t in a brass brassiere," but I'm at a loss to know why someone would put the bulb of a mercury thermometer in a brassiere of any kind in the first place.
- Here on planet Earth? Victoria S Dennis 13/December/05