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http://youtube.com/watch?v=_oaSZxd9jOY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r7xbPtHx7WI
We mustn’t forget the elephants!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZbOdgevxDE&mode=related&search=
….and my favorite King Crimson tune of all-time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y7GDK1ImzM&mode=related&search=
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6sSm4pUOIvs
Sari he ripped her off.
So, JaySeaAre, you’re really this guy?
That was a spot on video profile into the life of a first poster. I\’ve never first posted before, but as a longterm RB fan and occasional contributor to this forum, I was surprised to see when RB loaded up on my screen with: \”Comments (0)\”. Now I\’m wondering if I were somehow used by Satin, as suggested in the First Poster vid. Glory be to the Father!
Make that Satan not Satin! Ha! Tricked again.
That was awesome. I\’m fine with monkey!
Hey Kam, has Nab been giving you private lessons?
It seems you now know how to post fun stuff without a url.
I still don\’t know how to \”link\” with \”words\” or post a pic.
(sob, sob,,,)
Yes, & he charges a fortune! I\’ll teach you 1/2 price…
Do you use a Mac & Safari browser?
Can I pay you in seashells?
Oh, I forgot you step on them all day long…oh well, I\’m sure we can work something out.
Yes & yes.
No
Bananas, I like bananas!
Kam, this is just a down payment to show my good faith. There\’s more from where these came from. Better hire a freighter.
Hey Kam, thanks for sending that arm in the mail. Remember you still owe me a leg.
Send it soon or Harry and Tiny will be forced to pay a visit. You don’t want that.
Harry with toy. Tiny with lunch.
Uncle Tiny, where have you been all these years???
Looks like you and your pal need a shave, but I do like the dye job. Kam FedEx the leg, you don\’t wanna mess with Uncle Tiny.
DYE JOB!! UUAAUAARRRRRGGGGHHH!!!! Looks NATURAL!! OOh-ohh, cannot TELL!!! Only hairdresser knows for sure!!! You wanna mess with Tiny, Buster-man?!!!!!!!
I think you guys are just monkeying around now.
Show me the Monkey!
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=184392&fr=my-vert-vid-top
Hey I know that dude!
Looks like mum\’s the word from the monkey in Mumbai!
When Ryan asked the monkey what he thought of all this, it sure looked like he demonstrated the international sign for \’crazy\’!
Who knew George Bush was making a trip to India?!
Hello RB,
No need to go to India to find that kind of monkey business. You can find plainty of it around here.
Regards,
The Master Of Monkey Business
http://youtube.com/watch?v=THbTKuDFrk0&mode=related&search=
When I was in India in 2003, I visited a town called Simila on my way from Leh to Delhi. Here was a clip I wrote on my travel blog at the time:
The thing about Simla which was not expected was the monkeys. There were so many monkeys all over the village, it completely blew me away. Imagine instead of a high population of squirrels, that there were monkeys instead. Little baby monkeys, big huge mama and papa monkeys, and they were everywhere you looked. Many people carried sticks as a safety precaution and most of the women held their small children in hands to keep their babies from being massacred. The monkeys ruled Simla and most of the locals there think of the monkeys as gods. I still can’t believe how strange it was to have so many monkeys around. When you walk though the town, you can’t make eye contact with them or they will challenge you like dogs. You just have to ignore them and pretend they don’t exist.
Got any photos Drew? Perhaps you could post a couple.
Here’s a couple, suckers were everywhere!
MADE IN INDIA
For some reason, the monkey picture is missing, Ill have to dig it up from my old computer. Here are others of the town and the whole trip:
http://baronblog.blogspot.com/
Thanks Drew. Many of the India pics don\’t seem to work, especially the Himalaya shots. Saw 2 of them. Get to see lots of this though:::Not Found
The requested URL /~baron/pictures/new/leh1.jpg was not found on this server. Uncle Tiny, come home I have an assignment for you. :)
It is incredible that you have this on your show today. A friend of mine, Bajaj, was just telling me a story of his interactions with monkeys in India, and how he believes he was one in a past life.
He was at a restaurant eating cucumber sandwiches (a remnant of the British occupation of India), and this monkey comes up to him. Monkeys in India are very dangerous because they are very aggressive and when they attack they go straight for eyes and gauge them. So this monkey comes up to him, seeing his food, and stares him in the face, not a foot away. He looks him directly in the eyes, then picks up his tea cup in an uncannily human fashion, with two of his finger through the handle, and drinks the tea. Then he eats the two sandwiches sitting on his plate. And all the other monkeys come over, there are 30 or 40 of them around him, one sits next to him and even lays his head on his shoulder. Meanwhile everyone around him is freaking out telling each other they don\’t know how to explain to his parents that he was killed by monkeys. Some people try to help by throwing plates at the monkey. So Bajaj, sits their freaking out, because he thinks he is going to be torn apart by these monkeys. But after a while they just leave. He drew the conclusion that he must have been a monkey in a past life from this because he believes they recognized him as one.
On another occasion a monkey similar to this story, was terrorizing the town. Bajaj and his family had really wanted to kill this monkey (I assume they had a history), so one night they were sleeping and the monkey comes to the house where they were staying. So one of Bajaj\’s relatives sneaks up behind the monkey and hits him with a cricket bat using incredible force, and the monkey sails across the room. Bajaj never confirmed if the monkey died, but he said that the later on all these monkeys came and pooped on his house, which is significant because, it is a practice of the thuggies (a tribe of robbers in India, who are allowed by the police to steal) to poop in your house after they rob you, and also there\’s a superstition in India that if you kill a snake, his wife will find you no matter where in the world you are and exact vengence. So i guess it was a sort of thug revenge from the monkeys girlfriend.
He also told me about how sometimes there are men with monkeys on leashes and they hit the monkeys with sticks to make them dance to music.
Monkeys are crazy.
The monkey is also highly revered in India,
Hanuman is a beloved god of the Hindu religion.
http://www.hindunet.org/god/Gods/hanuman/index.htm
I guess it\’s alright! As long as the monkey does SPANK THE HUMAN in public..
Reading these posts and seeing Ryan and “his” monkey take me back to a trip to ZA.
I had arrived in Durban a few days before a weeks’ shoot in Jo’burg with friends. We had rented a house, hired a car, and called upon my good friend and skilled guide Marcel who was joining us from Cape Town. As everyone unpacked, I offered to make tea (that’s the first thing I do, first thing my friends and family do, at any time of day, in any situation, in every cimate, in all, well, you get the picture).
I entered the kitchen busily unwrapping the tea I had brought from the UK (naturally) and walked right into the middle of a huddle of large monkeys hanging from cupboard doors, squatting on counter tops, swatting flies, playing with knives, you name it. They had sharp features, small shiny round brown eyes and surprisingly bright turquoise blue scrota. They were big monkeys. And they weren’t expecting me.
I screamed. They screamed (yes monkeys scream). We all screamed. So I screamed harder. And they screamed harder still. The monkey right in front of me inches from my face was screaming for so long I had time to admire its healthy pink tongue and neat little pointy white teeth. Its epiglottis was shaking back and forth from the vibration of the noise much like a cartoon close up.
After we had all calmed down, and scarpered left right and centre, I calmly went about making tea while they calmly went about picking fruit in the garden through the open kitchen window.
They didn’t fancy any of my tea but my friends and I enjoyed some of the juicy carissas the now known as vervets were happy to share from their prized tree.
http://userpages.chorus.net/jphibbs/monkscream.wav
http://students.cs.byu.edu/~demyers/monkeyhoot.wav
“Jo’burg” - good one! I didn’t know monkeys rented out their houses. They were probably expecting you a week later!
yea to all those born in the year of the monkey! And we are even lovelier as humans!
The Wonderful Monkey
The Monkey is the most versatile sign of the Chinese zodiac. Such people are often inventors, plotters, entertainers and the creative geniuses behind anything ingenious, including mischief. They have natural quick-wittedness which enables them to understand what is happening and then make a right decision. Even during a conversation a person born in this year is aware of what is going on around him/her, and then makes a mental note of who said what and stores it away for future reference. In general, with their agile minds and multiple talents, monkey type of people can master any subject. They are reliable and honest people so that any secret is safe in their hands. These people are also honest in their dealings and are very good at problem-solving: knowing how to listen closely and work out solutions at the same time.
These people are trustworthy and unlikely to hurt someone out of spite. But they can never let people escape if they have behaved badly or damaged their reputation. It means that people born under this sign should be careful not to damage their friendships, you might not have them back ever again. It is important to remember: never pursue your goals by simply letting things just pass.
Monkeys have flexible principles and serene self-confidence so they are completely content; but they usually manage to complicate the lives of others. After yet another plan or project has gone wrong, they are seldom there to help clean up the disorder and confusion that they leave in their wake. Monkeys can handle that too; with their charm and persuasiveness they can make people believe that just knowing them is a privilege.
Can you see the difference? I see the difference. Of course, I noticed Jo!
Joanne on monday may 21, 2007 : special report
Joanne on wednesday may 23, 2007 :
Seems like the latter was filmed a while back in case of emergency.
Just look at those cheeks. Too many fluffy puffy marshmallows? Kidding!
Am I wrong? If so, where did all the hair go?
Maybe this is a continuation of the kidnapping saga; IT WAS THE MONKEYS! They got Joanne, and the video gear too I guess. Maybe it really is like ’smoufasa’ said above, a kind of monkey revenge.
1) The monkeys took Joanne;
2) RB runs kidnapping scenario to lure us into helping find her;
3) We flake out and lose interest and RB runs out of backup footage and special reports;
4) RB shows monkey footage as final revenge for taking Jo;
5) Monkeys come back and raid RB studios;
6) We sit at our PCs waiting for a show and end up inventing silly scenarios - or are they so silly????
7) We come back repeatedly during the day to fulfill our quest creating a spike in traffic stats;
8) the monkeys make a killing selling tons of ads on RB to the long line of waiting sponsors and go off to create their own banana republic;
9) ROCKETBOOM daily with joanne is surely an anagram for something to do with monkeys because all the letters are there! I need to crack this …
I think you need to crack a couple of cold beers, find a spot in the shade and calm your seething nerves.
b-anana sales are going thru the roof!
luckily the CIA planted an RDIF chip in one of them…or in leron\’s beer ;)