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June 18, 2008

The best email we’ve ever gotten

An email from tipster Bill:

This probably falls well outside the scope of WotB’s usual reporting, but what the hell.  While walking my dog this evening down Cary St, I noticed a two women walking with what appeared at a distance to be a drunk dog.  Upon closer inspection, it was actually a capuchin monkey, and I’m pretty sure it was in sort of a French mime costume.  As I passed them, the lady not holding the monkey asked me if it was cool if I let her make monkey noises at my dog, like she was scaring it away.  This was to train the monkey.

So of course I said yes, and I continued down Cary St. while a grown woman made monkey noises at my confused dog, as a real monkey looked on, and hopefully learned a valuable lesson.

I’ve only lived around here a few months.  Is this normal here?

 

10 Comments.

  1. Which part are you wondering about being normal?

    A woman walking a monkey down the street?
    or
    a woman making monkey noises at your dog?

    Jon @ June 18th, 2008 at 10:51 am

  2. It’s completely normal, my friend. Welcome to Richmond. :D

    jennyRVA @ June 18th, 2008 at 11:59 am

  3. pics or it didn’t happen!

    daniel @ June 18th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

  4. “as a real monkey looked on, and hopefully learned a valuable lesson”

    Brilliant phrasing. Brilliant.

    Dan @ June 18th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

  5. just goes to show, the few chromosomes that separate us, separate some of us more than others

    Fiona @ June 18th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

  6. This is AWSOME…if it’s true (I personally feel the bell hop uniform is a much more classic look)

    CMD @ June 19th, 2008 at 10:04 am

  7. 100% true. If I’d made it up, you better believe that monkey would have had a fez.

    Bill @ June 20th, 2008 at 10:32 am

  8. Right on- with a little vest and everything… I’ve been trying to convince the rest of my household we need a little guy like that, but all I ever get is funny looks. I would so be walking around with it on my shoulder every chance I got.

    I agree this has got to be the best email so far.

    CMD @ June 20th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

  9. Oh, yeah, that’s normal. Wait to the capchin monkey learns how to play Super Chess. That’ll be worth selling tickets.

    Harry @ June 20th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

  10. [...] that monkey in Carytown? It’s back, only this time it bit a child in Byrd Park during the July 4th festivities. [...]

    West of the Boulevard News » Blog Archive » Monkey returns - to Richmond’s 10 most wanted @ July 9th, 2008 at 8:54 am

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