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Monkeys on hunger strike, want onions (Addiction)
New kerala ^
| March 18, 2005
| UPI
Posted on 03/19/2005 8:17:19 AM PST by RobFromGa
Monkeys on hunger strike, want onions
[World News]: MOSCOW, March 18 : Monkeys went on a hunger strike in a Russian zoo because handlers were not satisfying an addiction for onions.
The animals, housed in the village zoo at Bolsherechye in the Omsk region, refused to eat bananas, kiwis and papayas.Three hamadryads are said to be responsible for the protest action and other monkeys had to obey them, Novosti reported Friday.
According to zoo researcher Svetlana Balavatskaya, monkeys took to onions in winter when zoo workers fed them to the monkeys to keep them from contracting flu from visitors.
The zoologists missed the moment when the monkeys became onion addicts.
Usually hamadryads carefully peel an onion, thoroughly examine it and then put it into the mouth whereupon the onions brought tears to their eyes.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: addiction; monkeys; onions
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To: RobFromGa
Did anyone spank the monkey?
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:40:45 AM PST
by
Drango
(All my ideas, good or bad, are stolen from other FReepers)
To: real saxophonist
They have to be Vidalia Onions. No self respecting monkey would stoop to anything less!
Onions contain all the basic anti-oxidants (A,C,E,and selenium). I believe it is the only vegetable that does.
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:41:32 AM PST
by
Spirited
(God, Bless America)
To: Spirited
so eating a Bloomin' Onion is good for me?
Yahoo! ;-)
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:42:42 AM PST
by
tiredoflaundry
(My quaker parrot can talk, can Your honor student fly?)
To: RobFromGa
Monkeys went on a hunger strike in a Russian zoo because handlers were not satisfying an addiction for onions. Bolsheviks!
24
posted on
03/19/2005 8:45:09 AM PST
by
LoneRangerMassachusetts
(Some say what's good for others, the others make the goods; it's the meddlers against the peddlers)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:46:31 AM PST
by
glock rocks
(For the love of all that's good and decent, don't try this at home.)
To: RobFromGa; Petronski; Tijeras_Slim; beyond the sea
Monkeys went on a hunger strike in a Russian zoo "Give us what we want, or we refuse to fling poo and masturbate!"
To: Semper Paratus
Next thing you know they'll be running for public office!!
hmmm, perhaps that's a good thing.
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:55:16 AM PST
by
politicalwit
(Republican and Democrats are across the aisle but sleep in the same bed.)
To: martin_fierro; Larry Lucido; MotleyGirl70
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:56:07 AM PST
by
Cagey
(As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!!!")
To: Drango
To: RobFromGa
I'm at the point now where I get upset if a restaurant cannot serve me sauteed mushrooms and onions with my steak. Should I be worried?
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:59:35 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(Bush Announces Exit Strategy For Iraq: 'We'll Go Through Iran")
To: martin_fierro
"Give us what we want, or we refuse to fling poo and masturbate!" How did you get your hands on the DNC's newest talking point?
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posted on
03/19/2005 9:03:50 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(They'll take away my old CRT monitor when they pry it from under my warm, snoozing cat.)
To: glock rocks; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Old Sarge; SandyInSeattle; ...
this is not a ping. Thanks - neither is this.
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This-Is-Not-A-Ping-List ping!
[Freepmail me to get on or off this Not-A-Ping-List.]
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posted on
03/19/2005 9:05:03 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(They'll take away my old CRT monitor when they pry it from under my warm, snoozing cat.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
03/19/2005 9:06:54 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(I need to keep painting my wall red or the thing living in it will get out and get us all.)
To: RobFromGa
"Onions are a gateway vegetable, they always lead to more dangerous vegetables."
ROFLMAO!! You're from Georgia -- you would know (about Vidalias, at least)!!
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posted on
03/19/2005 9:08:55 AM PST
by
Albion Wilde
("Words have meaning." -- Judge Roy Moore)
To: RobFromGa
There is a rumor that the onions were withheld because they make Monkey Breath smell even worse.
To: Condor51
If a monkey is an addict
Is he on his own back?...
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posted on
03/19/2005 9:14:23 AM PST
by
joesnuffy
(The generation that survived the depression and won WW2 proved poverty does not cause crime)
To: RobFromGa
Onions are addictive?
Well, they are to me.
How long till the DEA puts Onions on the prohibited list and asks for more money for the War on Drugs?
So9
To: Semper Paratus
What's up with monkeys? Thet've been getting awfully uppity lately. Evolution, it's everywhere.
SO9
To: Spirited
Onions contain all the basic anti-oxidants (A,C,E,and selenium). I believe it is the only vegetable that does. AHA, you admit they are drugs!
Will you come along quietly, or will we need the SWAT Team?
So9
To: Darksheare
I've tears running down my face and I haven't been around an onion in days.............it must be withdrawl........
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posted on
03/19/2005 9:27:38 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Wanna join my tag team?)
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