# Note to politicians: if you already look like a monkey...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 2, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-politicians-if-you-already-look-like-a-monkey/466186 "2008-10-02T16:14:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-politicians-if-you-already-look-like-a-monkey/466186/1 "2008-10-02T16:14:29Z")

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[…don’t get photographed holding a banana](http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/david-milliband-banana-415x275.jpg).

(That’s David Milliband MP, flagged as a potential challenger to the British Prime Minister.)

Wonder if GWB has ever had this problem?

Comment courtesy _The News Quiz_, BBC Radio 4.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-politicians-if-you-already-look-like-a-monkey/466186/2 "2008-10-02T16:24:10Z")

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The guy also appears to be chewing or talking with his mouth open. I thought being British was all about avoiding embarrassment?