We have a serious shortage of monkey catchers

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/13/07 at 11:29am

In Delhi, India, as many as 20,000 monkeys are on the rampage: "Trouble boiled over in late October when the city's deputy mayor, Sawinder Singh Bajwa, 52, fell to his death driving away monkeys from his home. He was on his balcony reading a newspaper when four monkeys appeared, his family said. As he waved a stick to scare them away, he tumbled over the edge and died in hospital from head injuries."

The Monkey hit List continues to grow: "Six more bites were reported Monday in Shastri Park, while in an upscale neighborhood in central Delhi, a rogue monkey bounded into the residence of Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi, The Indian Express said."

Meanwhile, scientists, from the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Beaverton, Oregon, announced this week that they had cloned dozens of Macaque monkeys. These two seemingly unrelated items can mean only one thing: A mad scientist is building a murderous monkey army and we are almost completely powerless to stop him. When your home is invaded by killer monkey clones, don't say I didn't warn you! Suddenly, these strikes, high gas prices and even the closing of Raku Sushi doesn't seem so important.

Indian Monkey Ramapge

[artscallion]

Posted: 11/13/07 at 11:40am

[madbrian]

Posted: 11/13/07 at 12:23pm

Unless we're talking about flying monkees, I'm not concerned.

Also, since the only shortage mentioned is that of monkey catchers, does that imply that there is an abundance of monkey tossers?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/13/07 at 12:25pm

I nominate HD Thoreau.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 11/13/07 at 1:02pm

I thought this thread was a personal ad.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/13/07 at 1:08pm

Ah doodle, in monkeys as in elsewhere, there are always more catchers than pitchers.