Don’t feed the monkeys
06/12/2003
Stress Test
Spent the day with my dad again, which is a real stress test. He just talks and talks and talks – and he always solicits a response. It’s as if whatever’s in his brain has to be articulated. It can get quite trying.
But I manage.
So in the later part of the afternoon we headed to the Pierce Reservoirs. We headed to Upper Pierce first. Pop quiz: if you see a sign that says Do not feed the monkeys what should you do?
a. Drive to the side of the road, roll down your windows and throw morsels of bread and edible junk out the window
b. Drive real quickly, and hope you run one of those silly creatures over
c. Follow instructions and just get to where you’re going
I can’t believe people still feed the monkeys. It’s one of the most socially inconsiderate things to do.
1. It makes the monkeys hang around the road, and come towards every car, which is dangerous
2. If the monkeys don’t pick up the food, you make a mess
3. I think stuff like french fries, chezels and crisps can make those monkeys sick
4. It makes them reliant on hand outs, and we’re not a welfare society
Is it cruel not to feed the monkeys? Well I don’t know. They must’ve starved for the thousands of years they had to feed themselves. No wonder monkeys are all skinny! And perhaps that’s where the phrase “skinny as a monkey” must’ve come from. The monkey’s general inability to feed themselves might explain where there are so many around.
Anyway. I added a few more photos from today’s trip at <a href=my webshots album.
The shot of the coconut acorn was taken at East Coast Park. We were there in the morning. And if you’re wondering, that’s really rain on the petals of those faded blue flowers. It started to rain, just as we were about done for the day.
I am Jack’s raging bile duct.
I liked Finding Nemo. Unfortunately, I’m too jaded to be Dory. I’m not saying I’m a regular Tyler Durden either. I am the all-singing , all-dancing crap of the world. You, on the other hand, might quite possibly be the whiney Narrator who eventually gets part of his face blown off for being a smartass. Yes, I’m talking to you.
