Re: The Return of Michael Monkey

On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 16:23:17 +0000, HarryLime wrote:
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On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 22:31:52 +0000, Will Dockery wrote:
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On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 16:34:01 +0000, HarryLime wrote:
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On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 14:12:25 +0000, Will Dockery wrote:
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On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 13:03:55 +0000, HarryLime wrote:
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On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 12:28:29 +0000, Will-Dockery wrote:
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MummyChunk wrote:

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Again, why do you lie and misrepresent so much, monkey boy Michael

Pendragon?
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Just curious.

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 Why is he called "monkey boy"???

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It seems that the origin stories vary.
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It might come from the Pink Floyd Animals album, Lord of the Flies or
George
Orwell's Animal Farm, or possibly a mashup of all three.
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I'm known as donkey, Pendleton is the monkey, Peter J. Ross was called
Piggy
(although PJR has been gone from the newsgroup for a couple of years
now).
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I think George Dance has always just been referred to as "Dunce"
though.
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That's the basics as I remember them.
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This is a response to the post seen at:
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=680817254#680817254

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Again, Donkey, this is the story of how "Monkey" and "Donkey" came
about:
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Since you've brought me back for one more day, Donkey, I'll answer your
question here (and in the pointless duplicate thread you've created to
ask it again it), as well.
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The origin of "Will Donkey" had nothing to do with Gary Gamble.
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Gary Gamble had left the group long before my arrival here.  And as far
as I know, I have never interacted with him.
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In fact, "Will Donkey" had nothing to do with anything said at AAPC.
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I live in a very small house that was built in the 1920s.  I like to
think of it as a rustic cottage or a cozy bungalow.  In order to expand
the living space, one of the previous owners finished the basement, and
turned it into a combination kitchen, dining room and bar.  I keep my
computer down there, so when I'm online, I'm technically in the
basement.
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About seven years ago (give or take), my wife sent our youngest child
downstairs to see what I was doing.  He looked over my shoulder while I
was posting something to Usenet AAPC, and shouted up to her "He's
talking to Will Donkey the computer."
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Since the idea of someone conversing with a donkey on computer is funny,
it immediately became a running joke in our house.  "Daddy's talking to
Will Donkey again," etc).
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Since stubbornness is one of your strongest characteristics, I
immediately began addressing you as "Will Donkey" in AAPC as well.
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"Monkey," otoh, came about when Karen Tellefsen wrote a satirical poem
about our endless flame war here, set to the tune of "Pop Goes the
Weasel." "Pop Goes the Weasel," in case you're unfamiliar with it, is a
nursery rhyme about a monkey chasing a weasel around a cobbler's bench.
In her poem, she replaced "Weasel" with "Donkey" (signifying you, as I
had already started calling you "Will Donkey" at that time). She
retained "Monkey" from the original because I often posted under my
backup account here as "Coco DeSockmonkey."

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I remember Coco.
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You and George immediately started calling me "Michael Monkey" as a
result.

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No, I almost always have called you Michael Pendragon, choosing to take
the high road and not dink to your low level of childish insults and
name calling.

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You've been calling me a "Little Green Monkey" for the past week or so,

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Tit for Tat, look it up.

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No kidding, Pee-wee.
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It just counteracts your claim that you "almost always have called (me)
Michael Pendragon."
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There ypu have it: "Will Donkey" came from my son's misreading of your
name on my monitor, and "Michael Monkey" came from Karen's satirical
poem.
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That sounds about right except the animal name calling really goes back
to earlier times.

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Mummy Chunks asked you where the "Monkey Boy" name came from -- not when
calling people by childish animal names began.

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Well, we should start at where it all begins, never mind that you second
handed the idea, Pendragon.

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MummyChunk didn't ask when the childish name-calling began.  They asked
about the origin of "Monkey Boy."
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We should start by answering the actual question that was asked.
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Okay, fair enough, let's do that.