Thursday, February 19, 2009

Travis the Chimp

Stamford, CT's own Travis the Chimpanzee has been shot dead after flipping out and attacking his owner's family friend.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/nyregion/17chimp.html
I remember the 2nd floor window of the body shop he used to hang out at. I only ever saw him twice, the first time being when I was getting the car worked on down the street and was just taking a walk, I notice a stream of water pouring onto the driveway I'm walking past then look up and see this chimp in a window holding a water hose over the driveway below for seemingly no non-irreverent reason. He then threw a teddy bear at me and lowered a bucket for me to give it back to him in. That was about 10 years ago, and yet to this day I rarely can drive on Magee Ave towards my family's home without rubbernecking to see if I can catch a glimpse of the chimp in the window.
When I was in school his legend was very mythical, for he wasn't just a chimp. He was a chimp that would ride around in a corvette or a pick-up truck wearing overalls and diapers. I was one of the first to make a positive ID and stick to my story despite the detractors and nay-sayers. "NAY" they would say! But alas, this time the raving madman turns out to be right.

...Also there is an abandoned Beagote shack in Mansfield, CT where it is alleged that beagles and coyotes were being cross bread
...the truth is out there

The above cartoon is from today's NY Post.
I don't think I've seen a more public display of racism in quite a while.
The Audacity of Whatthe%#@k?!?!!????

P.S. They hate us for our freedom