# What Am I? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i/189759 "2003-07-20T16:24:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i/189759/1 "2003-07-20T16:24:42Z")
I the great MonkeyMule am at a loss. Am I a Simian/ Equine or a Simian-Equine? I think it should be hypenated, as that would imply that I am both Monkey and Mule Whereas a Slash would mean I am a monkey or Mule. Cna some one chime in with who’s right, me or Me? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i/189759/2 "2003-07-20T16:50:17Z")
Well, when I free-associate on your name, I get that a mule is in large part, a jackass. And a monkey is a close relative to a baboon. Which leaves us with this: [http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/baboon010308.html](http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/baboon010308.html) (Just joking, btw…) ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i/189759/3 "2003-07-20T17:08:20Z")
Maybe that Explains why I’m an assman 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i/189759/4 "2003-07-20T17:11:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MonkeyMule \* > \*\*Maybe that Explains why I’m an assman 😃 \*\* Is there a proctologist in the house? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shemem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Shemem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shemem)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i/189759/5 "2003-07-20T18:17:18Z")
I got the impression you were the result of a mad geneticist’s experimentations. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i/189759/6 "2003-07-20T18:53:13Z")
Perhaps you’re just a monkey that is used to carry heavy payloads. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i/189759/7 "2003-07-20T18:55:04Z")
It’s from a Springsteen song, [_Bishop Danced_](http://springsteen.4t.com/lyrics/b/bishopdanced.html) > [@](#): > > Well maverick daddy got one-eyed bride > She glides like a **monkey-mule** kicking on the back slide > Over hill, over hill, daddy don’t you spill now > Papa got a switch stick, he’s pumping little Bill > Papa got a switch stick, he’s pumping little Bill 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i/189759/8 "2003-07-20T19:07:04Z")
**QED** - Gods Honest Truth, I’ve never heard that song in my entire life! Its one of those freaky independt coincidencies \*\*xgxlx[\b]- Or perhaps I’m a drug running monkey 😉