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?
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?
It’s completely normal, my friend. Welcome to Richmond. :D
pics or it didn’t happen!
“as a real monkey looked on, and hopefully learned a valuable lesson”
Brilliant phrasing. Brilliant.
just goes to show, the few chromosomes that separate us, separate some of us more than others
This is AWSOME…if it’s true (I personally feel the bell hop uniform is a much more classic look)
100% true. If I’d made it up, you better believe that monkey would have had a fez.
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.
Oh, yeah, that’s normal. Wait to the capchin monkey learns how to play Super Chess. That’ll be worth selling tickets.
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