P.S. For those of us with a couple thou to invest, there's also a wide selection of prohibitively cute micro-monkeys for sale at this store.
I believe that oragutan is giving us the seldom-seen triple obscene gesture.
Posted by: Mars Crash on February 12, 2003 09:51 AMI think this will stand as my caption for the picture. Yes, the sentiment still stands....
Posted by: ufez on February 12, 2003 12:09 PMSorry to hear that, ufez. Maybe you could e-mail your boss this Orangatang whose hands are exactly like his feet.
This I never noticed and find facinating. All the things I could do with 20 fingers. But picking my nose with my feet in public would not be too keen. Plus I would have to smell my sweaty foot...
[thom puts foot to his noes & is now stuck in his chair]
Yes, but liam, that woman is clearly a trained professional, probably (if memory serves) under the influence of performance-enhancing booze.
[Kids, if you're reading this, don't try the double-up-yours at home, especially without your parents, or a policeman or at least a neighborhood bully, nearby. The same goes for the triple. You could really hurt yourself.]
Posted by: One To Grow On on February 12, 2003 03:06 PMhttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/2/12/nation/monkey1&sec=nation
Posted by: Crash on February 12, 2003 03:24 PMMe either, any more.
Try this one. It's the bottom paragraph.
Posted by: Crash on February 12, 2003 04:33 PMKUANTAN: A woman died after the motorcycle she was on hit a monkey, which dashed across the road, at the Km19 of Jalan Lipis-Lubuk Kulit, near Lipis
They totally made up all those names.
Posted by: jpoulos on February 12, 2003 04:41 PMAs foretold by prophecy, Oedipus the Orangutan reacts badly to the news that Jocasta, the ape they've been forcing him to mate with, is actually his mom.
Posted by: pardon me on February 12, 2003 04:55 PMHa ha, pardon me!
The classicists always have the best lines; it's a fact.
Posted by: Miguel on February 12, 2003 05:02 PMmonkeys for sale:
I wouldn't actually own a primate, but damn, those are some cute little monkeys!
And caption...Pardon Me wins that one. Nothing in my feeble, sleep deprived brain could top that. :)
Posted by: dejah420 on February 13, 2003 12:58 AMI wouldn't actually own a primate
Um, you already do.
Posted by: jpoulos on February 13, 2003 08:38 AMAnd caption...Pardon Me wins that one.
Woo hoo! There must be some sort of prize, right? A year's supply of Turtle Wax®, perhaps?
Posted by: pardon me on February 13, 2003 09:14 AMActually, today's grand prizes are:
Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco Treat!
And a gift certificate from Dicker & Dicker of Bevery Hills!
[FX: much oohing and aaahing from the studio audience.]
Posted by: Chico on February 13, 2003 09:54 AMOh, and "Oedipus the Orangutan" sounds like a lovely children's book.
Posted by: Chico on February 13, 2003 09:56 AMWe need new pictures of Dejah's baby, please. Plus, TJ's new niece is what, a week old? And no pictures yet. How can I experience life vicariously through you people if you do not cooperate?
I would also like to experience wealth vicariously, so please post pictures of money.
Posted by: tizzie on February 13, 2003 09:57 AMI think this top photo will be my wallpaper. Why?,because this is how I feel for my fellow man if we will never find some common ground these days. I can't help but to wonder what terra firma I'm on, Venus.
Posted by: Thomcatspike on February 13, 2003 03:09 PMThat was not nice of me, so I changed my wallpaper back to the folks that make feel humanity is not lost. A nice one, made by tj, asking, Mehbe yooo could show us your schnoopy, eh?
Well it is valentine's day tomorrow, something the Europeans get to do w/o, [lsobs]. But which ones, I know the Scandanavians, because I dated one. England is where they originated from my sources? ???...
Posted by: Thomcatspike on February 13, 2003 07:01 PMValentine's Day is now officially ignored in my house. You hear that, Mr Hallmark!? Screw you!
*runs*
Posted by: kafka, king of the jungle on February 13, 2003 07:48 PMDo they have Sweetest Day out on the Left Coast? They have it in MI, and I was told that it was a holiday specifically made by the candy manufacturers to bring us all to the jonmc level of sugary ingestion.
I haven't thought of it in a while until now. Can anyof our Detroiter monkeys shed some light on this?
Posted by: adampsyche on February 13, 2003 08:31 PMWell, this doesn't collaborate my theory, but consider the source!
Posted by: adampsyche on February 13, 2003 08:32 PMObserved the 3rd Saturday in the month of October, Sweetest Day observance originated in Cleveland in 1922. Herbert Birch Kingston, a philanthropist and candy company employee wanted to bring happiness into the lives of orphans, shut-ins and others who were forgotten. With the help of friends, he began to distribute candy and small gifts to the underprivileged.
Ha! I knew it! In cahoots with the candy people!
*wonders if anyone else is remotely interested*
Posted by: adampsyche on February 13, 2003 08:34 PMKoreans (well, Korean marketers) like the idea so much, they have another one in March. I think this one is fo' da ladies, and the other one for men, but I'm not sure.
Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on February 13, 2003 10:22 PMHeh, this page has a much better monkey picture of the boy. :)
And this is the latest page of pictures, although I should have more up in a day or two. The grandparents are freaks about seeing weekly progress. ;)
But from any of the pages, you can use the forwards and backwards arrows to browse pictures. (Should you find yourself so inclined...I realize that baby pictures are cuter to parents than to anyone else. ;)
And thanks Tizzie and Adam. We're pretty fond of him.
Posted by: dejah420 on February 13, 2003 11:50 PMThis one makes her look like a scheming mastermind of some deep nefarious plot. I like her.
You should invite her here. She seems like she would fit in perfectly.
Posted by: readymade on February 14, 2003 03:49 AMAs an aside, I just thought I would share this little tidbit from my life: I had a splinter half an inch long pulled from my left tonsil today. How did it get there, you ask?
Some mysteries will never be solved.
A full accounting is on my LiveJournal. All I can say is, WTF?
Posted by: readymade on February 14, 2003 06:08 AMReadymade, you have to quit doing that with pirates.
Gawrsh, them babies are durn cute.
Posted by: tizzie on February 14, 2003 07:46 AMOh, TJ, she's Adorable! So, shall we just plan the arranged wedding now? I figure, after they graduate from MIT. ;)
And ready, I read the splinter story...ick! Poor baby!
Posted by: dejah420 on February 14, 2003 10:12 AMI just thought it was funny, in that gross "how the hell did I get fishing line/picture wire/darning needles/ivory shards stuck in my throat." Really.
And why did it take me three days to get curious enough to look?
Posted by: readymade on February 14, 2003 03:16 PMI hate myself for the fact that I actually go back and wade through the wreckage on the weekends (only sometimes).
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