>> I can buy a new one for 500 quid.
One of my children shocked me slightly by saying a day or two after her cat's demise probably under a car that she wanted a 'new cat'.
An African friend, a very successful musician, acquired a monkey. Young members of his enormous household teased it mercilessly. It was tied round the waist with a length of amp cable with a big jack plug on the end, secured usually to some railings.
One day it escaped and fled. Another monkey was obtained and secured in the same way. Later my musician buddy called imperiously for his 'new monkey', which made me laugh. It cowered away as he tried to feed it an ice cream, but once it got some on its nose it accepted the titbit and ate it hungrily. It too didn't last long though. After it had gone it was blamed for the disappearance of a parcel of marijuana. Hilarious.
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