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11 months ago :: Jul 24, 2012 - 9:43AM #1
Bronxbob Posts: 3,166	If you start with a cage containing five monkeys and inside the cage, hang a banana on a string from the top and then you place a set of stairs under the banana, before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb toward the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray all the other monkeys with cold water. After a while another monkey makes an 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 attempts to climb the stairs. To his shock, all of the other monkeys beat the crap out of 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, replacing it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment...... with enthusiasm, because he is now part of the "team". Then, replace a third original monkey with a new one, followed by the fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs he is attacked. Now, the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs. Neither do they know why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. Finally, having replaced all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, not one of the monkeys will try to climb the stairway for the banana. Why, you ask? Because in their minds...that is the way it has always been! This, my friends, is how Congress operates... and this is why, from time to time: ALL of the monkeys need to be REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME. Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid. In order to see the rainbow, you must first endure the rain! If you don't stand behind our troops, please feel free to stand in front of them.
11 months ago :: Jul 24, 2012 - 1:49PM #2
Demonseed Posts: 1,168	Unfortunately, this is America. The first monkey would climb the stairs to get the Banana while his fellow monkeys were getting hosed.....
11 months ago :: Jul 24, 2012 - 2:21PM #3
luvdayanks Posts: 9,687	Jul 24, 2012 -- 1:49PM, Demonseed wrote: Unfortunately, this is America. The first monkey would climb the stairs to get the Banana while his fellow monkeys were getting hosed..... Really, those words should never be combined in the same sentence. Go live in a communist country and see how unfortunate you are.
11 months ago :: Jul 24, 2012 - 3:02PM #4
Demonseed Posts: 1,168	Jul 24, 2012 -- 2:21PM, luvdayanks wrote: Jul 24, 2012 -- 1:49PM, Demonseed wrote: Unfortunately, this is America. The first monkey would climb the stairs to get the Banana while his fellow monkeys were getting hosed..... Really, those words should never be combined in the same sentence. Go live in a communist country and see how unfortunate you are. lol, yeah Dude...A thread about Monkeys...
11 months ago :: Jul 24, 2012 - 3:04PM #5
Demonseed Posts: 1,168	By the way, Tell me, how can you say you Love a Country, when according to you, you Hate everything about it?
11 months ago :: Jul 24, 2012 - 3:08PM #6
luvdayanks Posts: 9,687	Jul 24, 2012 -- 3:02PM, Demonseed wrote: Jul 24, 2012 -- 2:21PM, luvdayanks wrote: Jul 24, 2012 -- 1:49PM, Demonseed wrote: Unfortunately, this is America. The first monkey would climb the stairs to get the Banana while his fellow monkeys were getting hosed..... Really, those words should never be combined in the same sentence. Go live in a communist country and see how unfortunate you are. lol, yeah Dude...A thread about Monkeys... What difference does that make, you said UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS AMERICA and I don't care if you're talking about monkeys or airplanes.
11 months ago :: Jul 24, 2012 - 3:11PM #7
luvdayanks Posts: 9,687	Jul 24, 2012 -- 3:04PM, Demonseed wrote: By the way, Tell me, how can you say you Love a Country, when according to you, you Hate everything about it? Hahaha another liberal way of twisting the facts. Really clever on your part to assume I hate this country. I love this country, it's the people that are putting it in the toilet that I dislike!
11 months ago :: Jul 25, 2012 - 5:55AM #8
Demonseed Posts: 1,168	Jul 24, 2012 -- 3:11PM, luvdayanks wrote: Jul 24, 2012 -- 3:04PM, Demonseed wrote: By the way, Tell me, how can you say you Love a Country, when according to you, you Hate everything about it? Hahaha another liberal way of twisting the facts. Really clever on your part to assume I hate this country. I love this country, it's the people that are putting it in the toilet that I dislike! It is not twisting anything and Unfortunately, I am not going to play this silly game with you. If you want to move on to an actual discussion of actual issues, feel free.
11 months ago :: Jul 25, 2012 - 10:28AM #9
luvdayanks Posts: 9,687	Jul 25, 2012 -- 5:55AM, Demonseed wrote: Jul 24, 2012 -- 3:11PM, luvdayanks wrote: Jul 24, 2012 -- 3:04PM, Demonseed wrote: By the way, Tell me, how can you say you Love a Country, when according to you, you Hate everything about it? Hahaha another liberal way of twisting the facts. Really clever on your part to assume I hate this country. I love this country, it's the people that are putting it in the toilet that I dislike! It is not twisting anything and Unfortunately, I am not going to play this silly game with you. If you want to move on to an actual discussion of actual issues, feel free. Is unfortunately your word du jour? Saying "unfortunately this is America" is an actual issue with me, however it doesn't seem to be with you.
11 months ago :: Jul 25, 2012 - 4:15PM #10
Yankee1954 Posts: 8,747	Jul 25, 2012 -- 10:28AM, luvdayanks wrote: Jul 25, 2012 -- 5:55AM, Demonseed wrote: Jul 24, 2012 -- 3:11PM, luvdayanks wrote: Jul 24, 2012 -- 3:04PM, Demonseed wrote: By the way, Tell me, how can you say you Love a Country, when according to you, you Hate everything about it? Hahaha another liberal way of twisting the facts. Really clever on your part to assume I hate this country. I love this country, it's the people that are putting it in the toilet that I dislike! It is not twisting anything and Unfortunately, I am not going to play this silly game with you. If you want to move on to an actual discussion of actual issues, feel free. Is unfortunately your word du jour? Saying "unfortunately this is America" is an actual issue with me, however it doesn't seem to be with you. Yeah, and corporations are people too! America, that you love, is a land mass. The real America is the people that live here, their ideas and opinions. It's "unfortunate" that you don't see this!

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