Posted on 08/09/2011 10:27:45 AM PDT by stylecouncilor
It’s a monkey miracle — Bongo has been found!
An Upper East Side couple grieving over the loss of a stuffed toy monkey they’ve raised like a son the past decade went bananas with joy Saturday night after being reunited with their beloved Beanie Baby.
"I never gave up hope — I prayed, mediated, and now he’s with us again," said Bonni Marcus, 47, who along with boyfriend Jack Zinzi, 58, were devastated after losing Bongo on their way to a restaurant in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on August 1.
The 8-inch-tall doll was found Tuesday by Luis Barreto, 61, an unemployed Park Slope man, who discovered it atop a parking meter.
But unaware that it belonged to the couple and had gone missing — and finding it irresistibly cute — Barreto brought it back to his Sterling Place home, where he displayed it on a stereo speaker.
Bongo was only reunited with his "parents" after they returned to Flatbush Avenue by Sterling Place on Saturday to hang more fliers pleading for its return, and Zinzi approached Barreto and some other men hanging out on the street and told them about Bongo and the reward.
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Sometimes your mockery of Justin Bieber goes too far.
Your criticism is off-base - I would never insult a lady.
Don’t you know it’s wrong to call the [non-Republican] president a monkey?
Perhaps not. He's just a girl yet.
Respect the girl.
Lance Link was the best show EVER! :)
But isn’t she free again now?
I certainly hope that the monkey does not go on to disappoint these loving parents.
He’s probably already been recruited by Harvard Law.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the next President of the United States...”
Well, he can’t possibly be any worse than what we have now.
She looks like Kloppenburg.
I thought of this for some reason...
We’re only making plans for Bongo
We only want what’s best for him
We’re only making plans for Bongo
Bongo just needs that helping hand
And if young Bongo says he’s happy
He must be happy, he must be happy
He must be happy in his work
We’re only making plans for Bongo
He has his future in a British steel
We’re only making plans for Bongo
Bongo’s whole future is as good as sealed
Yeah and if young Bongo says he’s happy
He must be happy, he must be happy
He must be happy in his work
Everyone was so overwhelmed with sadness, the Mods had no choice........
A wonderful ending tho...I, I can't type any more, I'm too overwhelmed with joy. Somebody else has got to alert the mods.... :)
She rocked in Twisted Sister.
this has to be a joke.
how many fake stories has this paper run?
Dee Snyder here paid me a sweet, sweeeet ransom.
See 36 slowhand....
GMTA
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