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Monkey escapes from Highland Zoo


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18 hours ago, RawB93 said:

Was hoping he'd get Hartlepool'd tbh

With regards to that, I find this explanation somewhat entertaining: 

Hartlepool is a long way from France and most of the populace had never met, or even seen, a Frenchman. Some satirical cartoons of the time pictured the French as monkey-like creatures with tails and claws, so perhaps the locals could be forgiven for deciding that the monkey, in its uniform, must be a Frenchman, and a French spy at that.

There was a trial to ascertain whether the monkey was guilty of spying or not; however, not unsurprisingly, the monkey was unable to answer any of the court’s questions and was found guilty. The townsfolk then dragged him into the town square and hanged him

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Bloody monkey has got this song stuck in my head because of the lines

Everybody go, fetch the stereo
Take a ride in the car to a place I know
Monkeys in the park, shaking after dark
We'll be back in the morning with the scars to show

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