A monkey walks into a bar and then – tee hee – hee – ha ha:
![LOL monkey](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u8-If8vMnddaBicj7sO7ldySJMdkfgWNrqwSFCT5yMXtwBTO7kdmQ8S5a-PZADW7pSA8I6R0annvorXWwAuzopR794Yv4w_DyaQcoXnM9Lg06Wnr8ew-tTBdcXC5TCV1s44FIDxz6DhbRLL0M=s0-d)
He’ll squeeze through the chimney and give me presents? Really?
![Happy monkey baby](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v5aSFJRLHni-dueSqNaydJC4LveNpfYpEJcL5KZBtk9xv4fbCR8pp-yYq67uXDe00Dh3NTRGMW4g-6eAnCgayt3EqxYblYLOzjCJBQZ-rIUBsddOPkvGA7ymX_4HVvRqUe_LSMQem_Rx1g_FbQ=s0-d)
This chimpanzee is aping Rodin’s sculpture “The Thinker”…
![The Thinker](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vio6UhtO9WiAfTwe31JjA_xhBipPske3-HlDnZkJQ1LpmoTRhGxubhPyJ4133inpKt-kYc976e0bkr4sEeTvriAi1HpYfBMCi6LPD8m0VrPtdLCiaPttF3gTBGztgUDe9pn-NI6X9ElN_v6Xg=s0-d)
… whereas this one is trying to be the perfect monkey gargoyle:
![monkey gargoyle](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s-rxaiM5C2YnBXGUWFvjS0FcRb-QvhZnOyxwZLHsFwxvU1TlptGZsijpMnVwLItFBQZefLQYolDGYzirZyxqqoy18Ynrbs1NGhy7QFBhz2UY1up03wVw_NgEc7rgdeDmtO9twq_6CkJUtivXU=s0-d)
This monkey’s motto at San Diego Zoo seems to be “watch and learn”:
![Thinking](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tWyIxyAabROLBDaJnIso4wGr3ne75LXZnr3BUtsLjQ6fmz7r-VT_pr56Tt_eSWA_JDkiFeSAODOg3Xcjv_z5i-uOtOrzycdNTf6GmPNNwwl-TNdsMvXYW1sHI2LULv2NTpyBtg5N20HAEO9g=s0-d)
If I take just one, nobody will notice…
![plotting](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_shgqWCw2AqO6Yqjk7E74ATJafazeHudCL5nFFe7Hs51TLydIFRBM6AQZrnz2bbQE4PVTCqIFSKbexvzoHpMk70H2EZsR98Q8Ut8sHk9OnrlBdo0Olfw0ewHU9cygGVxUgUqf3Cr2tpUMT5w8SH=s0-d)