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Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :

A tragic event.

Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :

Perhaps it was a case of misidentification. [Wink]

Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :

I enjoyed that link, Mucus.

Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :

That was funny.

Posted by Satlin (Member # 1593) on :

That is awful, but really, it was the fall that killed Mayor Bajwa, not the monkeys. Rhesus macaques can be really mischevious but were probably just looking for food and startled the poor guy.

I guess Hanuman wasn't happy with him.

Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :

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Originally posted by Mucus:

Perhaps it was a case of misidentification.

Good ol' Chimpy McHitlerburton.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Response #1: That's terrible!

Response #2: Now we know where the Wicked Witch of the West went when she melted. ("melted" really should start with a "w".)

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

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Part of the problem is that devout Hindus believe monkeys are manifestations of the monkey god Hanuman and feed them bananas and peanuts — encouraging them to frequent public places.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Have I mentioned we have a couple of monkeys living in our neighborhood? They climb around from house to house on the power lines, or swing around using the trees.

Which is why it doesn't surprise me that this happened.