Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 18:18:48 -0600

From: Samuel Jones smjones1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU

Subject: Re: HOW COLD IS IT? (Wie kalt ist es?)



In Germany, the question "Wie kalt ist es draussen?" (= "How cold is it

outside?"), often produces a reply using the thumb and index finger of the

same hand as a mesure of the cold, indicating by the distance or "length"

beteen the two the effect of the cold on a certain portion of the male

anatomy. One simple gesture is worth a dozen euphemisms.



smjones



Speaking of cold, don't any of you down there know about certain anatomical

attributes of brass monkeys that may freeze in sub-zero temperatures? (Of

course it never gets that cold here in balmy Victoria!)



Barbara Harris.



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