The other morning on my walk to the bus/taxi I saw a vervet monkey approaching on the sidewalk from the other direction. As the monkey and I got closer to each other we both slowed down a bit.
In my case I was trying to figure out how to best avoid any monkey-human contact. I decided that I would slowly, and in the most non-threatening way possible, abdicate the sidewalk to the monkey and walk in the street until we passed each other. The strategy worked perfectly and I think the monkey may have even been relieved that he didn’t have to bite me.
A burly Afrikaner man was standing across the street observing this course of events beside his parked bakkie. Our conversation proceeded as follows:
Man: You afraid of that little thing? (which incidentally was by no means little)
Me: I’m not afraid of monkeys. I’m afraid of monkey diseases.
Some things should just be obvious, even to burly Afrikaners.
March 6, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Good job evading the monkey with potential gene mutating disease! Also, good GRE word usage. Abdicating Ambular! heh. Pardon the retarded humor…it’s too early and I haven’t had nearly enough caffeine!
April 20, 2007 at 3:54 pm
seriously that is the funniest crap i have ever heard. I love the monkey stories for some reason that is hysterical. i can just picture the interaction what is going on in your head as the monkey approaches! stop it your making my stomach hurt i’m laughing so hard