Saturday, January 26, 2008

SPLENDID MONKEY GALLERY 2008: I Receive The First Submission

A monkey arrives in my electronic mail inbox. It is from Jo, and is accompanied by a mysterious note:

"From a lurker."


It is mildly alarming, but extremely amusing; I particularly like the detail of the contemporary spectacles. Here he is:







He has cheered me up no end! I shall concentrate on monkeys for the rest of the month in the hope that they (via me) will alleviate the collective mild depression I feel radiating across the world.

It only remains for me to say: Congratulations, Jo!


(Please read Jo's web-blog. It is about craft things, but not one bit boring. She also provides a link to another web-blog that had me rigid with glee over the marmalade: it is called Monkee Maker and mainly consists of knitted monkeys. I am going to send Monkee Maker an electronic mail asking if she takes commissions this very afternoon, immediately following my purchase of snowshoes and cross-country skis. Sadly, this latter statement is not a joke.

8 comments:

Katy Newton said...

I ain't got no monkeys. I can offer you only my sincerest friendship.

NON-WORKINGMONKEY said...

Touch my monkey. Touch it.

Anonymous said...

I was gonna email you about Monkee maker, but thought I would appear to be a Monkey Geek/Dork. It is indeed a wonderful blog, I love it so. My neighbour is in possession of a said Monkee maker monkey called Colin. Sadly you cannot commission them you have to get up in the middle of the night to blag one......keep up the excellent work or I too will fall into a deep NWM depression should I be deprived of your cocktastic blog. Sam

NON-WORKINGMONKEY said...

Sam. Welcome. You said "cocktastic". You are my friend.

Gigibird said...

The longer you look at that photo the more disturbing it becomes…………….
Sam is always saying cock - usually very loudly but she’s on new medication so I'm hoping things will quieten down soon.

Anonymous said...

I feel blessed. Like your tiny monkey hand (with Hula Hoop crumbs on it) has anointed my forehead with Absynth. I thank you. Sam

Totty Teabag said...

Gigabird, it is not just the photo that is disturbing. If you knew Bossman, you would find him disturbing as well. The fact that he felt the need to pose on a Lidl toilet seat box in the first place says a lot.
On another point, I do it is true, have a web-log devoted to crafty things, but I also have one devoted to more mundane things that from time to time involve Monkeys, Monkees and Monchichis.

A. Lurker

Anonymous said...

The monkey's expressions disturbs me greatly. It is the stuff of nightmares. I would worry that, as I slept, the monkey would walk about the place, looking for sharp objects with which to extract revenge for toilet-posing crimes.

Bad monkey.

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