# Murderous monkeys maim Mayor of Mumbai **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524 "2007-10-22T01:31:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524/21 "2007-10-22T19:07:15Z")
That Indian “Thriller” video was frabjous. Sounds like the whole score was produced on a $200 Casio synthesizer. Hey **FriarTed** , how’s that DVD of **The Jungle Book**? Can you tell they cleaned it up? I hope the restoration didn’t go _too_ far; I like my fifty-year-old cartoons to actually look like they predate **Finding Nemo**. On edit, it turns out it’s only 40 years old. Ah, IMDB… surely one of the basic necessities of life these days. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 22, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524/22 "2007-10-22T22:29:43Z")
Kong Kong Kong! KONG! ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524/23 "2007-10-22T23:51:21Z")
The monkeys didn’t actually kill him - the fall did, or rather the landing part. More specifically, the head injuries resulting from the fall. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524/24 "2007-10-23T12:05:08Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Auxiliary Primate Emergency System? [/QUOTE] Auxiliary Primate Emergency System: Heavier Intercepting Troops. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524/25 "2007-10-23T12:54:21Z")
Thanks, now this song is invading my primate brain: \*There is one thing you must be sure of I cant take any more Darling, dont you monkey with the monkey Monkey, monkey, monkey Dont you know you’re going to shock the monkey \* ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524/26 "2007-10-23T13:57:08Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] Auxiliary Primate Emergency System: Heavier Intercepting Troops. [/QUOTE] I would have used _Hirsute Infantry Team_ or _Hirsute Infantry Tactical Squadron_, but I like the way you think, son. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524/27 "2007-10-23T14:24:20Z")
What’s funny about the “let’s train bigger, meaner monkeys to fight the current monkeys” plan isn’t how colossally idiotic it is, or how it will obviously backfire, or the various hilarious monkey-escalation scenarios you can project from it. What’s funny is that it didn’t surprise me at all that a city government would come up with an idea that stupid. Nope, not the slightest bit surprising. Municipal governments are run by the people who weren’t smart enough to get real jobs, and weren’t clever, attractive or charming enough to get jobs as federal or provincial politicians, but were just a tiny bit too smart to sit on condominium boards. Yessirree, monkey escalation is just the sort of brilliant plan I’d expect from municipal politicians. Tears are rolling down my cheeks, but I don’t know if it’s laughter or weeping. If the City of Toronto had a monkey problem, I bet they’d implement this scheme in a flash, and then when the Monkey 2.0’s started attacking people, they’d go to the provincial and federal governments and demand a $1.6 billion bailout to close the “primate funding gap.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524/28 "2007-10-23T14:27:05Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Municipal governments are run by the people who weren’t smart enough to get real jobs, and weren’t clever, attractive or charming enough to get jobs as federal or provincial politicians, but were just a tiny bit too smart to sit on condominium boards. [/QUOTE] No, this is New Delhi. The people running this place either bribed others to get in, or had family in high places that could put a word in for them. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524/29 "2007-10-23T14:45:52Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] No, this is New Delhi. The people running this place either bribed others to get in, or had family in high places that could put a word in for them. [/QUOTE] The deputy mayor who died , was elected in the local municipal council poll. [ all political parties doles out favours to win elections). You cannot bribe someone to become mayor. The newly elected municipal council meets and elects the mayor and deputy mayor. Since Delhi was rapidly urbanised. the shrinking forest cover made the monkeys move into city. and Delhi residents worshipped and fed them,which made them become even more agressive, since they did not have to fear anything. Hindus worship monkey god , and hence any plan to kill or move them is met with stiff resistance. But this incident should be an eye opener. It is a shame ! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524/30 "2007-10-23T14:48:36Z")
[QUOTE=indian] The deputy mayor who died , was elected in the local municipal council poll. [ all political parties doles out favours to win elections). You cannot bribe someone to become mayor. The newly elected municipal council meets and elects the mayor and deputy mayor. [/QUOTE] And you don’t think the votes were bought? :dubious: Still, I will accept what you say to an extent. But yes, religion is at the core of it. I don’t think Hanuman would have exactly approved of his monkeys going around doing this sort of stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murderous-monkeys-maim-mayor-of-mumbai/423524.md?page=1)