Monkey Story

[Jake3501]

Thanks to a member from the Panhandle for this story

Monkeys --

Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana.

As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all the other monkeys with cold water. After a while another monkey makes the attempt with same result, all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon when another Monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put the cold water away. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the
Stairs.

To his shock, all of the other monkeys attack him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one.

The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm.

Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs he is attacked.

Most of the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. After replacing all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana.

Why not?

Because as far as they know, that is the way it has always been done around here.

And that, my fellow monkeys, is how Congress operates....
We need to REPLACE all the original monkeys this November.

[BigSkiff]

Would that put an end to the monkey business that goes on in Washington? ( sorry couldn't help myself)

[wssdallas]

LOL. Clever, I like the message it is trying to get across.

[winter]

i would like to think so

[45 Forever]

No matter how we vote I think some will not go they will claim voter fraud and pull all kinds of stunts.

Look at AL Franken he was elected by dead people and felons and no one is doing anything about it.

[MilProGuy]

The monkey story sure made a good point!

Thanks for posting it.

[MadKaw]

OTOH - we could quit giving them all our bananas!!!

[whalerick]

I'm goin' ape over this one!

[chuck_in_texas]

jake: you had me laughing until the punch line, when I realized it was true.

[Crusty]

That's my feeling.