Welcome to Monday
Feeling a knot of tension in your stomach, brought on by the knowledge that you’re still standing on the welcome-mat of a long week ahead?
Worried about that outstanding item on your schedule? Annoyed by the chipper attitudes of your workmates?
Might I suggest the soothing visage of a chimp in a tux?
From the wikipedia article on the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens:
In 1893 a chimpanzee was purchased from another of Wombwell’s Travelling Menageries in London. The four-year old chimpanzee, Consul, was dressed in a smoking jacket and cap and puffed on a cob pipe; he frequently accompanied [zoo owner] James Jennison to business meetings.
I’m sure Consul must have been a master negotiator in the boardroom, but, as often happens, his heir had a more artistic bent – from the same article:
Consul proved to be exceptionally popular, and after his death on 24 November 1894, the Jennisons immediately obtained a replacement, Consul II, who played a violin while riding a tricycle around the gardens, later graduating to a bicycle.
Bless you, Sir. Bless you.
I’m here to help.
As I’ve often noted, everything is better with monkeys.
So far as I’m concerned, you’ve been right every time.
As I’ve mentioned before, I find myself often navigating away from JRD’s posts with the nagging question in my mind; “Where’s MY (whatever the topic of his post was)?!” Be it robot cat, giant nocturnal ground owl, or in this case – monkey in a tux.