# Eat monkey brains and SMILE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [August 2, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-monkey-brains-and-smile/74567 "2001-08-02T00:41:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shannybonanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-monkey-brains-and-smile/74567/1 "2001-08-02T00:41:13Z")
Awhile back I remember seeing a discussion about whether or not some Asian cultures eat monkey brains out of the monkey’s skull while it’s still alive. I remember this YUKKY movie called Faces of Death I saw part of during a high-school play cast party where a live monkey was locked into a table with its head sticking out. Assuming none of the actions in the movie were faked (and the boys in the room assured us they were real:rolleyes), the people in he restaurant cracked open the skull and…_urp_…Well ,it sure looked real enough, and it was horrible. I mean, to each their own and all, but MAN… ---
**Author:** ![shannybonanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-monkey-brains-and-smile/74567/2 "2001-08-02T01:03:20Z")
I just found the article I was thinking of-should have thought of that before posting-: “In Asia, do people scoop the brains out of a monkey’s skull and eat them?” 09-MAR-2001 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-monkey-brains-and-smile/74567/3 "2001-08-02T14:26:04Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, and thank you for posting your comment. It’s actually pretty easy to include a working link in your post. To include a link, it can be as simple as including the web page location in your post (make sure there is a space **before** and **after** the text of the URL). Like so. Cecil’s column: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010309.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010309.html) * * * moderator, «[**Comments on Cecil’s Columns**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=1)» ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-monkey-brains-and-smile/74567/4 "2001-08-02T14:41:29Z")
There was a long discussion of the scene in the movie “Faces of Death” in this thread: [Monkey Brains](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62740) Most of the people in the thread were of the opinion that the footage was fake. You will also notice a more than usually acrimonious discussion. Let’s not have a repeat of that in this thread, hmmmm? * * * moderator, «[**Comments on Cecil’s Columns**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=1)» ---
**Author:** ![shannybonanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-monkey-brains-and-smile/74567/5 "2001-08-02T16:03:41Z")
Oh, crap…this beats my previous record of newbie-screw-ups by at least an hour. I searched for “monkey brains” and all I got back was Cecil’s original column, so I went ahead and posted. I am really sorry, especially after reading that thread! Forgive me? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-monkey-brains-and-smile/74567/6 "2001-08-02T17:35:24Z")
\And your little dog too! HEHEHHEEEHEHE!\ Let’s see the Tin Woodsman get you out of this one, kid! 🙂 PS–How’s Dorothy? ---
**Author:** ![shannybonanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-monkey-brains-and-smile/74567/7 "2001-08-02T18:58:12Z")
D-D-Dorothy? Um, I don’t know who you’re talking about!::stuffs leg back into bag she’s carrying behind her back:: N-Never heard of her!::nervously scuffs dirt with shoes…hey, aren’t those red slippers?:: And I don’t see any dog!::takes bite out of sandwich she’s holding:: _mouth full_Hey, hold this a minute, willya?::hands over straw hat and pulls out a watch…hmm, looks like it’s attached to a red felt heart…:: Oh, geez. The dry cleaners is closing in a few and I still need to pick up my fur coat…Fake fur! My fake fur coat! It only looks like lion fur, really…hehhehheh…::looks aroud wildly:: Err, I gotta go. See you around! 🙂