[stanne]

“ Why would someone shoot a dead monkey?”

That’s your question?

[DariusBane]

Yes. My question as well. Seems redundant to shoot dead monkey. Would you spank dead monkey?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

That is what the headline said.

Said she shoot a dead monkey.

[gnarledmaw]

My question was “How did a dead monkey escape in the first place?”

Dead just isnt what it used to be when I was a kid.

[daniel1212]

“ Why would someone shoot a dead monkey?” That’s your question?

My question is, are you saying that you do not recognize sarcasm? When a publication write headlines such as,

Mississippi mom shoots dead monkey that escaped from overturned truck to protect her children"

it invites such sarcasm as "why would the women shoot a dead monkey that had escaped from an overturned truck in order to protect her children?"

A correct headline would be like, "To protect children [she said protecting others was also her motive] Mississippi mom shoots monkey dead which had escaped from overturned truck."

Yet I have often failed to clearly express what I wanted to.