Monday, November 24, 2008

the sock monkey story...

so, as much as it seems that this story has been told and retold to its death, i realize that it really hasn't traveled much further than the city limits of Vancouver. thus, "the sock monkey story" is about to be told yet again...
(plus, it's high time that i share a humorous -i hope- tidbit of my life instead of always pensively yammering on about the perplexities of life. high time.)

on Saturday evening, i was out for a walk to get some coffee with a close friend, when a man sitting outside one of the coffee shops politely asked the time as we passed by. i gave him a prompt answer and we carried on. not 3 seconds later, as we reached a bus stop, another man posed a question. confident after assisting the coffee man, i was ready to save the day with yet another quick answer. but this man asked a question that i wasn't sure i wanted to answer. in his drunken state, he lifted up his keychained sock monkey and asked,
"can you show me how to spank the monkey?"
a little taken aback by his candor, i did what all good friends would do in the same situation. after a pause and a little giggle, i referred the bus stop man to my friend for his answer.

this is kinda what the little guy looked like.
i mean,
the keychained sock monkey, not the bus stop man or coffee man or my friend, when she was mad at me.



2 comments:

jennyc said...

oh i love it. the written version is even funnier. I'm sure that friend is an expert on all monkeys that need discipline now ;)

Anonymous said...

Oh the things you get yourself into/ out of!
RAB