Monday Monkey Post: A Very Monkey MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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When last we left the MMP, our intrepid heroine, Wile E had some how put her foot in it good and was elected to post the next MMP and it was decreed that it should be monkey themed because she dared to ask if we’d ever had a monkey MMP.

Now we join Wile E pondering just how to monkey about with the MMP. And she will henceforth drop the annoying third person narration.

As I protested before, I don’t have a whole lot of monkey experience, also I don’t feel I can do it justice because I’m posting from an iPhone and if I go hunting for interesting monkey links I could lose what I’ve typed so far. So here is the only link I can provide, one of my favorite monkey pics;

What is it about monkeys that makes them so awesome? For example, there’s a commercial playing now where they state their car sale could not get any better then “wait, there’s a monkey! I stand corrected”. In the most recent version of this commercial the monkey is invisible and I don’t know how we can even be sure it’s a
monkey. But anyway, it just proves my point that monkeys make things more awesome, unless …

Unless it’s a disease. Monkeys being so close to humans can transmit some nasty diseases to humans, like Green Monkey disease. Every time I get an urge to work with primates I remind myself of Green Monkey disease. Oh, and the strength of ten men thing and the nasty, pointy teeth are just a couple other deterrents.

Fortunately, in my career as a veterinary technician in small animal pet practice, we rarely see monkeys. I have only had to deal with two marmosets with scurvy and a lemur with a broken femur, though the latter is not really a monkey, just monkey-like.

Speaking of scurvy, did you know that humans and monkeys must receive supplemental vitamin C in their diets as they cannot manfacture their own in their bodies as other species of animals can? Do you know what other species needs supplemental vitamin C? Guinea pigs. Guinea pigs are not monkeys, they are not even pigs. They are not as awesome as monkeys.

I remember watching a TV show called Tales of the Gold Monkey. I think it was in the 70’s or 80’s. It had a little dog with an eye patch, not enough monkeys though.

I also watched The Monkees as a kid. Mike was actually my favorite, but Davy was dreamy and had that British accent. But neither of them were actual monkeys (though Mickey looked a little monkey-ish), so they were not as awesome as they could have been.

You know who was awesome? Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp. He was all monkey (chimp).

So, please share your own monkey-musings or remembrances or just monkey about in this very monkey MMP.

… and have a banana.

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Thanks! I love bananas! I have no monkey stories, alas. My life is boring.

First!

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Awesome OP, Coyote. Did you write the whole thing on your iPhone? I’m impressed.

I am in no way a monkey expert.

The Columbus Zoo has amazing gorillas, which I know aren’t monkeys, but, hey…that’s as close as I could get. Except for the part where I watched several Jonny Quest episodes yesterday and there were monkeys in two of them and they looked almost exactly the same, although I’m pretty sure they weren’t the same monkey.

Leftovers from the last MMP:

Funny, I don’t remember being mad at you. Also, I don’t remember having a dog, but, if you say I do, then I must. Wonder where he’s hiding?
:smiley:

Oh…that dancing banana.

I made about 6 concrete leaves at my friend’s house. I’m hoping they turned out nicely. I get to pick them up on Tuesday and then I’ll see about painting them and such. Next time, I’m planning to make some stepping stones. Still pondering how to make leaf impressions in them.

It’s late and I should be in bed.

Off I go.

Hugs.

GT

So off I go.

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Third, W00T!(or OOK!OOK!OOK!, in the spirit of the OP) I just got my copy of Tales of the Gold Monkey DVD from Amazon.

And TMI:

The only thing I know about monkeys is how to spank them

gt, I was :dubious: about that post, too. then I remembered that da bear was drinking at the pool.:smiley:

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Yep, did the whole thing on my iPhone so I probably missed fixing a tge or tgat somewhere in there. I lost the beginning and had to start over when I went looking for the monkey with a stick pic so I gave up on links. I was going to link to a few monkey diseases but i guess it’s better I didn’t because that’s not very fun.

gt - I want to make some concrete garden stuff someday, too. I was going to try some stuff when the weather gets less sweltering.

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You can’t have a Very Monkey MMP without me, so here I am. :smiley:

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Yes, I meant to talk to you about this? Is this what the tree mafia uses to threaten other trees? :dubious:

Brilliant OP, Coyote!

What do I know about monkeys? Hmmm… I have a stuffed monkey named ‘Monkey’ that I’ve had since I was 2 or 3 years old. He’s traveled with me as far as Hawaii, was waiting for me (wearing his own cap and gown) as I crossed the stage when I graduated from high school, and was dressed up in a mini-tux and attended the party when I got my B.A. Oh, and when my parents were in the hospital he dressed up and went to see them there.

Other than that… I really need to go to bed.

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Bwahahahaha!!!

Now, I really am going to bed.

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I know that monkeys can be mean little buggers. Other than that, I got nuttin’.

Oh, and they taste kinda like pork, not chicken.

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And that’s exactly what I thought when I saw the title, so glad to have you here!

Real Mallorca used to have an Argentinian goalie called El Mono Burgos, Monkey Burgos. Idiots would think the “monkey” thing was racism, but no: he’s ugly, which helped with the moniker, but I hear it actually comes from his being so good that someone joked he had four hands. He is a drummer too, he’s in a metal band. Wiki says this last year he was the coach for a second-division football club, Carabanchel.

For some reason, this morning I was thinking of a homophobic coworker I used to have, who could have been cast to play Cheetah in a Tarzan movie. I knew her for almost four years; as well as being cruel, nasty and demenaning (but luckily, not in my team), she was one of those people who always have to one-up everybody else in conversation, and she would always talk about this rich boyfriend she had and the things he was going to buy for her, and anything expensive or expensive looking that she had, she would claim was a gift from the boyfriend. I suspect the boyfriend was completely imaginary, as he never made an appearance, and that at least part of the reason she hated gays is that she thought they were getting laid (unlike, if my suspicions are true, her).

Speaking of imaginary people, sometimes I see posters say things which amount to “every child had an imaginary friend”, but neither I nor the bros nor, AFAIK, a single one of our cousins did. The closest we came to that was imagining that we were characters from tales (I was Wendy from Peter Pan, because I loved the idea of flying away, until I realized that she ended up being a babysitter to a dozen younger boys). Did y’all have imaginary friends?

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Great OP, Coyote. I love monkeys but chimps are my real favourites. I have an adopted chimp in a park here in the UK, I get a free pass to go and visit him every year that the adoption keeps going. Last year I adopted one for my mum too, she was really excited about going to the park to try and spot him.

Nava, sometimes I think imaginary friends would be the perfect thing, they’re so much less stress than real friends.

I went to a friend’s barbecue last night, it wasn’t a bad night but something happened just before we left that really upset me. I am still unhappy about it today and it’s the kind of small thing that makes me wish I’d stayed at home instead. Imaginary friends, it’s the way to go.

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My boyfriend calls me a monkey all the time. I’m not sure why. I don’t even like bananas. Unless I can have them with peanut butter.

Started my new job at R&D today. I like it because I don’t have to deal with stupid people over the phone.

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My grandmother used to frequent the church bazaars, especially around Christmas time, and I was the recipient of many a sock monkey! Most of them handcrafted. It always amazed me that it really was a sock.

Up and caffeinated and had bananas (LOL!) and yogurt for breakfast. I didn’t even realize it when I did but I was stealing the monkey’s breakfast! At any rate, have as enjoyable as Monday morning as possible. Hugs for those who need them, as well as good thoughts!

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I’ve never had a hangover, but I imagine it must feel something like this. I slept so terrible. At one point I woke up afraid that something was chasing me. And I was waking myself up by snoring despite the fact that I was wearing my CPAP mask. Ugh.

If anyone needs me, I’ll be dozing in the corner.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. It’s Monday.

Good OP Coyote. See, we told ya you could do it! :smiley:

Of course no monkey discussion would be complete without mention of trunk monkey!

Ok, that’s all I got for now. Happy Monday!

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which brings us right back to this again.

I like the primate house at most of the zoos to which I’ve been, but I’ve never touched a monkey. My favorite thing about them is how human they seem at times. Especially the chimps and gorillas who have learned sign language.
But my favoritest of all are the Monkees. I liked them all, collected the bubble gum cards, the figurines, had most of their albums; but Mickey was definitely my most favoritest ever. 'specially after he got the perm.

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Up, caffeinated, off to irk.

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Trunk Monkey! Oh, it is a happy Monday!

I like Wile E’s monkey with a stick photo too.

Although I know both Stick Monkey and Trunk Monkey are technically apes. But “ape” isn’t as fun to say as “monkey.” “Ape” is just…plain. Boring. One-syllabic. But “monkey,” that’s a word! Monkeymonkeymonkeymonkeymonkey.

I leave you all with Bathroom Monkey.

MONKEY!

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Monkey monkey underpants.

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Sleep deprived blurfs. Story to come…