OT: Morocco offers U.S. team of mine-finding monkeys

[Ed B]

Morocco offers US monkeys to detonate mine
From the International Desk
Published 3/24/2003 6:43 AM
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RABAT, D.C., Morocco, March 24 (UPI) -- A Moroccan publication accused the government Monday of providing unusual assistance to U.S. troops fighting in Iraq by offering them 2,000 monkeys trained in detonating land mines.

The weekly al-Usbu' al-Siyassi reported that Morocco offered the U.S. forces a large number of monkeys, some from Morocco's Atlas Mountains and others imported, to use them for detonating land mines planted by the Iraqis.

The publication quoted a highly-informed source as saying, "that is not a scientific illusion but a well-known military tactic."


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[Mrospi]

Dolphins, Monkey's......wow probably driving the PETA folks nuts!!!!!!

 

[Ed B]

Hey, better monkeys than 19 year old kids.

 

[Mrospi]

Oh, Don't get me wrong.... I totally agree...... Better monkeys than young kids........ I just don't think Peta would see it that way........ The less innocent people that get hurt the better....If any animals can save lives, great!!!!!!!!!

 

[40yearfan]

Yeah---but they sure are gonna need a lot of monkeys. They find the mines by stepping on them.

 

[KingofCards]

This is an April fools joke.

Why not just use elephants?

 

[ChiCard]

If this isn't on the level it's the best April Fools joke you've ever played. Better then any of mine! If not what a story!!!!!!

 

[Mrospi]

If they used pigs, they could have bacon for breakfast

 

[Red Hawk]

Originally posted by KingofCards
This is an April fools joke.

Why not just use elephants?

In the the immortal words of Wayne Campbell

"yea right and monkeys might fly out of my butt!"

 

[Ed B]

This is NOT an april fool's joke.

I swear to god. This is right off the associated press from last week.

 

[green machine]

Go

I actually heard this somewhere before.

adam
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[Cardinals.Ken]

I heard this story on "The Morning Sickness" a couple of days ago on KUPD. I liked the idea that Holmberg came up with...

WAR MONKEYS

It would save the lives of American men and women, and would scare the bejesus out of whomever we unleashed them upon!

 

[Dan H]

UN weapons inspector Hans Blix prepares to deploy a highly-trained mine-hunting monkey:

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[CT Card Fan]

I'm all for it

but, send the rally monkey.

or train them all to march and chant like in the Wizard of Oz.

 

[KingofCards]

Re: I'm all for it

Originally posted by CT Card Fan
but, send the rally monkey.

or train them all to march and chant like in the Wizard of Oz.

Alright I believe, damn Monkeys are smarter than me.