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And then this Bear, Pooh Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, F.O.P. (Friend of Piglet's), R.C. (Rabbit's Companion), P.D. (Pole Discoverer), E.C. and T.F. (Eeyore's Comforter and Tail-finder)--in fact, Pooh himself--said something so clever that Christopher Robin could only look at him with mouth open and eyes staring, wondering if this was really the Bear of Very Little Brain whom he had know and loved so long.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

yesterday

was my father's birthday. (happy birthday!) while looking for an appropriate e-card i discovered that, according to the greeting carders, yesterday was also monkey day.
What is monkey day? well, the official website explains it, as does wikipedia. there's even a petition to make it a national holiday.
But... according to the "offical" sources, monkey day is Dec 14! So, apparently, July 21, like so many other "holidays," is a creation of the greeting card industry...

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At 2:50 AM, Anonymous said...: Monkey Day... they're kidding, right? According to their petition, "Monkey Day...celebrate(s) these noble creatures who embody the best of human characteristics such as intelligence, family values, kindness, humor, and compassion"

However, Chimps (which were considered a variety of monkey last I checked) are the ONLY species other than Humans to knowingly, deliberately, kill other chimps (with pre-meditation) for NO REASON (other than fun.)
[I do not have my source text handy, but if someone REALLY wants to know, I could look it up with difficulty. Otherwise, go to wiki, look up chimpanzee, go down to the references and read how many notes reference chimp attacks
Including: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7087194/ ]
Other varieties of monkeys find it amusing to hurl rocks and other heavy objects at small children unprovoked, or otherwise bite and scratch humans who are sitting on their front porch in Africa. While an argument could be made that the humans are invading the monkeys' space by existing in the same territory in the first place, regardless, I see little to celebrate about this 'noble animal'. I am not denigrating them - they are no worse than most other animal species and usually behave better than many humans... but let's not start with Monkey Day just yet... or are we ready for Falsely Maligned Bat Day? House Cat Day? Adorable Panda Day?

Darcy

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"Bother!" said Pooh, as he opened it. "All that wet for nothing. What's that bit of paper doing?" He took it out and looked at it. "It's a Missage," he said to himself, "that's what it is. And that letter is a 'P,' and so is that, and so is that, and 'P' means 'Pooh,' so it's a very important Missage to me, and I can't read it. I must find Christopher Robin or Owl or Piglet, one of those Clever Readers who can read things, and they will tell me what this missage means. Only I can't swim. Bother!" Then he had an idea, and I think that for a Bear of Very Little Brain, it was a good idea. He said to himself: "If a bottle can float, then a jar can float, and if a jar floats, I can sit on the top of it, if it's a very big jar." ... "All boats have to have a name," he said, "so I shall call mine The Floating Bear." And with these words he dropped his boat into the water and jumped in after it. For a little while Pooh and The Floating Bear were uncertain as to which of them was meant to be on the top, but after trying one or two different positions, they settled down with The Floating Bear underneath and Pooh triumphantly astride it, paddling vigorously with his feet.

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Sunday, July 22, 2007

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