# Can someone explain the pic in this ad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107 "2009-02-09T18:46:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/41 "2009-02-10T08:12:26Z")
> [@beckwall](#): > > Band name! Really? I prefer soul-sucking monkey-mummy. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/42 "2009-02-10T09:27:48Z")
> [@](#): > > I did. How it got on a cruise ship, I’ll never know. He had to take a ship. He couldn’t afford to fly because of the extra cost for his trunk. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/43 "2009-02-10T13:47:37Z")
[QUOTE=Mishell] About eleven years ago, I went on a Royal Caribbean cruise. Every night, the cabin steward would take our pajamas out of the closet and fold them into animal shapes. One night, he mistook my cocktail dress for a nightie and folded it into a puppy. I mean, really. It didn’t even look like pajamas. [/QUOTE] Okay, I’m a prole. The idea of people dinking around with my clothes creeps me out. They’d have a real ball with my favorite ancient sleep T. Cleaning the room is one thing. Playing around with my clothing is right out of line. I’d never make it on a cruise anyway because I couldn’t get away from all those PEOPLE. Hell afloat, sounds like to me, just with a lot of food. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/44 "2009-02-10T14:09:58Z")
> [@Mishell](#): > > About eleven years ago, I went on a Royal Caribbean cruise. Every night, the cabin steward would take our pajamas out of the closet and fold them into animal shapes. One night, he mistook my cocktail dress for a nightie and folded it into a puppy. I mean, really. It didn’t even look like pajamas. > [@control-z](#): > > Between the diseases, being dropped off at tourist traps, people falling overboard, and staff screwing with your stuff, not exactly in great endorsement for the cruise industry. No, but I’m thinking of asking **Mishell** if I can use that as a sig. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/45 "2009-02-10T14:16:45Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > Does anyone else see something vaguely sexual in the pic in the OP? I can’t tell what it is, it just looks a little too suggestive. OMG, I thought I was the only one seeing a terrycloth vulva. (Terrycloth Vulva - Band name or username?) ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/46 "2009-02-10T14:39:40Z")
AH, hell! Now I seee it too. The soul-sucking clitoral monkey-mummy! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/47 "2009-02-10T15:39:34Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > AH, hell! Now I seee it too. The soul-sucking clitoral monkey-mummy! Yeah me too. Vagina monkey. That’s why I started this thread, I just wanted to see what others thought. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/48 "2009-02-10T16:14:39Z")
> [@C3](#): > > My mom and I went on a cruise years ago and, in our rush to get out to the pool, we left the cabin a little messy. When I came back, the steward had folded my dirty underwear into a little bird. Grossed me out a bit. This made me snort. Thanks! As for the OP – looked like a towel monkey to me. I thought it was cute. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/49 "2009-02-10T16:28:30Z")
Aw, I thought it was a bunny rabbit. With no arms. I guess monkey makes more sense. I still can’t decide whether it’s cute or creepy. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/50 "2009-02-10T16:28:31Z")
> [@Litoris](#): > > As for the OP – looked like a towel monkey to me. I thought it was cute. But how did you recognize it as a monkey-mummy? You’ve seen towel origami before? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/51 "2009-02-10T16:44:45Z")
> [@Mishell](#): > > One night, he mistook my cocktail dress for a nightie and folded it into a puppy. One morning on the Norweigan Pearl, we awoke to find that cabin service had folded a puppy into an omelette. We won’t be going back. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/52 "2009-02-10T17:02:39Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > But how did you recognize it as a monkey-mummy? You’ve seen towel origami before? No, it just looked like those little [stuffed monkey puppets](http://static.promopeddler.com/prodpics/bigprodimgs/4880000/4886352.jpg) that you can buy at theme parks that have the velcro on the hands, so you can have it hang around your neck. I donno, I am a pattern person, I see patterns, it looked like a monkey. The one in the picture I linked to doesn’t have sunglasses on, but the ones that they used to sell at Opryland always had sunglasses, and about the same colouring as the towels in the picture in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![JFLuvly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/53 "2009-02-10T18:22:22Z")
I once saw a stripper turn a towel into a penis…like this… it’s called pornigami [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-fold-pornigami-an-origami-towel-penis-271321/](http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-fold-pornigami-an-origami-towel-penis-271321/) ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/54 "2009-02-10T18:26:08Z")
> [@Litoris](#): > > No, it just looked like those little [stuffed monkey puppets](http://static.promopeddler.com/prodpics/bigprodimgs/4880000/4886352.jpg) that you can buy at theme parks that have the velcro on the hands, so you can have it hang around your neck. AAAH! It’s a _furry_ vulva monkey! ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/55 "2009-02-10T19:06:34Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > AAAH! It’s a _furry_ vulva monkey! Well, DUH! Where did you think the term (spanking the monkey) came from?? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/56 "2009-02-10T19:19:21Z")
Oh, that’s gross! ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/57 "2009-02-10T19:48:58Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > It’s a towel rolled up to look like a monkey. Cruises and resorts are big on rolling up towels to look like animals to leave you a nice little surprise when they clean. The most common one is [towel swans](http://www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Towel-Swan). > > ETA: From the same site: make your own [towel monkey](http://www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Towel-Monkey). Mmmm cat hair towel animals. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/58 "2009-02-10T19:55:25Z")
You know, this whole idea of towel monkeys and underwear-folding has actually turned me away from the idea of going on a cruise. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/59 "2009-02-11T02:55:38Z")
Could someone send a link of this thread to the PR inbox of whatever Cruise company that is? I think they’d get a kick out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107/60 "2009-02-11T04:33:52Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I didn’t have the **turndown service** come into my cruise room very often… Does anyone else do this? A knock on the hotel/cabin door about 4pm accompanied by the cry “TURNDOWN SERVICE!”. You reply “OK THEN: NO THANKS!”. They never get it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-pic-in-this-ad/485107.md?page=4)