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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen
I'm sometimes disappointed, after sending an American pal a funny monkey picture, to have them say "That's actually a chimp" or "I think that's an orang-utan right there".
Is there not a tradition in US humour of deliberately referring to apes as monkeys as a comic device?
Can you please tell these guys I am allowed to call them all monkeys? (  ) |
Funny sort of question coming from someone who thinks he's a tree-climbing rodent. But I digress (don't worry, I do that a lot).
Your first mistake is in thinking that Americans do humour. We don't. We have something called "humor", and despite the similarity they are not the same thing.
But here's a test you can perform yourself. Walk up to the Lord Of The Jungle (AKA King Of The Apes) and call him "Tarzan, the Monkey Man".
G'wan, I dare ya. In fact I double-dog-dare ya. Just wait until I can set up my ticket booth.