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Re: Limbless monkeys
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Date: 
Thu, 25 May 2000 13:55:41 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
I've been using monkeys as a source of brown arms and yellow hands for quite
a while now......is that wrong?
It depends -- have you got ethics committee approval?

Uhh huh.

<snipped mouth watering commentary on scotch, shortbread, and the consequences>

After all, we found that if you gave the limbs back at some point, the
monkey was fine.  We decided that in point of fact we were only *borrowing*
monkey limbs, and since the monkeys themselves had not complained, there was
no cause of action.

<more consequences>

Still, it seems to me the judgement stands, no?

Despite the rhinos,

abso-<<expletive indicating passionate endorsement deleted>>-lutely.

Reminds me of the old joke with the punch-line, "What are you going to do for a
face when the monkey wants its arms back?" Or have I remembered it wrong?

--Dave



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  Re: Limbless monkeys
 
Dave Low wrote in message ... (...) in (...) Uhh huh. My glass of single malt scotch whisky and I discussed the issue in detail with some most excellent extra buttery shortbread, and we decided (unanimously I might add) that these were probably not (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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