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Lost stuffed toy monkey returned to owners
NY Post ^ | Aug. 8, 2011 | Rich Calder

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: beaniebaby; getalife; napl; toymonkey
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To: Slings and Arrows
grieving over the loss of a stuffed toy monkey

Sometimes your mockery of Justin Bieber goes too far.

21 posted on 08/09/2011 12:44:12 PM PDT by humblegunner (The kinder, gentler version...)
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To: stylecouncilor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmfIlI4M1Yg


22 posted on 08/09/2011 12:59:38 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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23 posted on 08/09/2011 1:04:26 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: humblegunner
Sometimes your mockery of Justin Bieber goes too far.

Your criticism is off-base - I would never insult a lady.

24 posted on 08/09/2011 1:05:04 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Don’t you know it’s wrong to call the [non-Republican] president a monkey?


25 posted on 08/09/2011 1:08:20 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
I would never insult a lady.

Perhaps not. He's just a girl yet.

Respect the girl.

26 posted on 08/09/2011 1:09:37 PM PDT by humblegunner (The kinder, gentler version...)
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To: Elsie

Lance Link was the best show EVER! :)


27 posted on 08/09/2011 1:12:18 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant...better left unstirred.-PG Wodehouse)
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To: humblegunner

But isn’t she free again now?


28 posted on 08/09/2011 1:20:50 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I certainly hope that the monkey does not go on to disappoint these loving parents.


29 posted on 08/09/2011 1:23:03 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: TheOldLady

He’s probably already been recruited by Harvard Law.


30 posted on 08/09/2011 1:28:46 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: stylecouncilor; Slings and Arrows
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31 posted on 08/09/2011 1:29:30 PM PDT by Morgana (I never said one word........)
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To: Slings and Arrows

“Ladies and gentlemen, the next President of the United States...”

Well, he can’t possibly be any worse than what we have now.


32 posted on 08/09/2011 1:32:09 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: stylecouncilor

She looks like Kloppenburg.

33 posted on 08/09/2011 1:37:52 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: Constitution Day

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


34 posted on 08/09/2011 1:38:33 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Daffynition
I posted the original story last week and it got pulled. ;D

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.... :)

35 posted on 08/09/2011 1:39:07 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (You can't forfeit the game Chuck! If you go home you forfeit!)
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To: stylecouncilor

She rocked in Twisted Sister.


36 posted on 08/09/2011 1:43:09 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: stylecouncilor

this has to be a joke.

how many fake stories has this paper run?


37 posted on 08/09/2011 1:45:45 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: stylecouncilor; Tijeras_Slim; Constitution Day; Slings and Arrows

Dee Snyder here paid me a sweet, sweeeet ransom.

38 posted on 08/09/2011 1:46:01 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

See 36 slowhand....


39 posted on 08/09/2011 1:47:09 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

GMTA


40 posted on 08/09/2011 1:48:04 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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