Amongst All The Tragic News, An Amusing Report!

Cheeky Monkey! - A monkey showing off in a tree!
@Darkwing (21583)
June 27, 2009 8:21am CST
I've just had a good chuckle on reading a news report from Zambia. A laugh is welcome amongst all the tragic news we've been fed of late, so I thought I'd share this with you. President Banda of Zambia resides in a State House, with plenty of wildlife in the grounds. During a press conference with journalists last Wednesday, there was a monkey playing in a tree above the President's chair, and amidst the conference, this monkey urinated right onto the President below! He reacted by softly shouting to the monkey, "You have urinated on my jacket", then he paused, and turned back to the journalists amidst their fits of laughter and addressed his audience saying, "Perhaps these are blessings!" I hope they were lucky, and Bright Blessings! No doubt you'll all feel a little differently when I send you my Brightest Blessings now! ha ha ha. Have no fear... mine are all sent with the best intentions! Don't you just love monkeys though... they don't give a damn! To make a discussion of this, have any of you ever had an embarrassing moment where an animal is involved? I'm sure there are many amusing tales to be told here, and I would love to here them. So, don't be shy... come on, tell us all about your "Animal Moment".
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• Philippines
27 Jun 09
ohmygosh, that mustve been hilarious for the onlookers. lol. good thing that the president was able to turn the situaion into a positive one, thanks for sharing this darkwing http://kcatwoman.blogspot.com
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@Darkwing (21583)
27 Jun 09
Yes, I think it must have been. They were all in fits of laughter from all accounts, but the President remained very calm and collected and turned an embarrassing situation into an amusing one. I think he must be a bit of an animal lover because he has several animals roaming the grounds of his home. Brightest Blessings, and thank you for your contribution.
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
27 Jun 09
CeeCee comes in and wakes me up in the morning. She jumps up on the bed and nuzzles my neck. She is so gentle about it. Once I am up, she runs straight for the door so I can let her out. It is not embarrassing but it is something that is special for me.
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@Darkwing (21583)
27 Jun 09
Yes, something special and something you would miss greatly if she missed it out one morning. There is a special bond develops between pet and owner which is difficult to match, isn't there? Thank you for sharing my friend, and Brightest Blessings.
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
28 Jun 09
oh my I was standing out side in POrt Gibsomn Miss. talking to a lady wehn my Banjo peed on her leg come to find out her chihuahua was in heat! and he was a dingo/shepard BIG differnts in size lol
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
29 Jun 09
Yes I think so too lolololol
@Darkwing (21583)
28 Jun 09
And I suppose her clothes and everything smelled of her dog. I guess your Banjo was just claiming his territory! lol. Brightest Blessings my friend and thank you for your contribution. xx
• United States
27 Jun 09
Oh is that funny!, lol! What a great story, and I'm glad to see how he kept his composure, sort of, haha. Those monkeys are just too hilarious, and you're right, they couldn't care less about anything and obviously who you are either, HAh! I sort of have a story for you, it came to mind. Now you have to picture in your head this whole story. Years ago when my kids were little I had two dogs, basically for protection purposes because it was just the kids and I. One was a beautiful Gordon Setter named Pepper which I adopted at an older age. The other was a St. Bernard named Gypsy who we had since she was eight weeks old. Gypsy would stay "outside" because she liked it better than in the house and would always come in and want to go back out, and Pepper stayed "inside" because she liked it better indoors. Just to let you know she did have shelter outside on our back porch which was nice and cozy for her. I had a very high wooden stock fence put up to keep Gypsy, Pepper and the kids of course, safe on the inside of the yard. I also had a very large sign on the fence which stated "DOGS ON PREMISES" to warn people, and it helped keep weirdo's away too, haha. They never knew what kind of dogs were there either. Both dogs were very gentle BUT very protective of us all, and I never worried about someone walking in the door uninvited. So, here I am one day just doing my normal cleaning, the kids were playing with friends down the street, and I happen to look up out the front window at these two Nuns that I saw, and guessed they were visiting the people diagonally across from us. No big deal but I found it strange that they just stood perfectly still like two stiff boards, did not talk to one another, and just starred out to the street. So, I watched for a good two minutes wondering "What the heck, how strange", and the next thing I see is Gypsy, the St. Bernard, walking nonchalantly around from the side of the house, going up to them and smelling their habits and their shoes, and walking around them, and wagging her tail, and looking up at them wondering why she wasn't being petted. WELL, no wonder they were stiff as boards!...she weighed well over 100 pounds and was huge, and her head just about stood as tall as their shoulders. Oh My, did I bolt out the door and ran as fast as my little legs could carry me to go get her, but I did have to chuckle and told them she does not bite as I was getting closer and the whole picture just kept getting funnier and funnier to me the closer I got. They still didn't move, just grinned and looked at me in total fear. I thought I was going to die, hahaahhaaa. I took her collar and they just kind of sighed with relief and I was apologizing all over the place, telling them how sorry I was she got loose and out the gate, but at the same time as red as I was, I still couldn't help laughing too. Eventually, they did see she was friendly and did pet her sort of very quickly, haha, and I took her home. When I went inside I just lost it and couldn't stop laughing, and I swear Gypsy was laughing with me as it looked like she had this big grin on her furry face. That's my story hon, I hope you had a little laugh from it, I know I did just re-telling it. Hugsxxx...Bobbie
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@Darkwing (21583)
28 Jun 09
Well, I guess they had a phobia relating to dogs, because despite them being large dogs, I think St. Bernards are kinda cute, and friendly. I'll bet those nuns looked really funny, standing stiffly and watching Gypsy out of the corner of their eyes. ha ha ha. Maybe they'd passed your house earlier and seen your sign, thinking your dogs were likely to attack them if they moved... but that's still funny! Thank you for sharing my friend, and no worries about the length of it. Brightest Blessings. x
• United States
27 Jun 09
OMG!! I wrote a book!!! Sorry!!
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@jazzsue58 (2666)
28 Jun 09
I thought they'd turn out to be two hairy men, disguised as nuns - a kind of "Nuns on the run" scene. Still, no one moves when a St Bernard goes taking a close sniff at your habits ...
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@freedomg (1684)
• United States
28 Jun 09
I do not have an embarrassing moment that happened to me but I do have a funny story to share. I took my children to the zoo recently where we were able to go into this room that puts you right up close to the chimps with a glass divider of course. Well my 15 year old daughter was up ahead a bit watching them when one pooed in its hand and then starting sucking it in and out of its mouth. My daughters reaction to this was funnier than the chimp because she flipped out, screamed and I thought she was going to fall trying to run out of there. She had everyone in the room laughing so hard. Cool post thanks.
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@Darkwing (21583)
28 Jun 09
You're welcome, my friend. How funny that must have been... not very pleasant on the part of the chimp, but your daughter's face must have been a picture and her reaction, equally as amusing. Bless her! Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.
@cbeee3 (2061)
• India
28 Jun 09
ROFL... hahaa This is too funny. Gosh, it must have been so humiliating. But I am glad the President dealt with this with his sense of humor.Not that he could have done anything much anyways.LOL I don't have any such hilarious experiences with animals. But I promise you, if I do, you will be the first to know.
@Darkwing (21583)
28 Jun 09
It sounds as though he thought he was Doctor Doolittle, talking to the monkey that way! He did deal with it very calmly though and in a way that lightened the moment with the journalists present. Thank you... I shall be looking forward to hearing should you have your embarrassing or "funny" moment with an animal. Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.
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@Darkwing (21583)
4 Jul 09
Thank you my friend and it's been a pleasure to have you here. Brightest Blessings.
@cbeee3 (2061)
• India
29 Jun 09
Dr.Dolittle.You are really funny. And it was my pleasure reading your post and participating here
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
27 Jun 09
I can't believe they didn't edit out that portion - how embarrassing! I don't believe I've ever witnessed anything like that, except maybe a bird dropping his doo. That's bad enough!
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@Darkwing (21583)
27 Jun 09
Well, I suppose it struck the reporters as amusing enough to share, and he did handle the moment quite well, and calmly. I feel he must be a bit of an animal lover because there are several monkeys, gazelles and birds roaming free in the grounds of his presidential home. Brightest Blessings, my friend, and thank you for your contribution.
@jazzsue58 (2666)
27 Jun 09
I could, but I think it would have to go in the X-rated section! One of many involves an amorous moment on Wimbledon Common, a golf bunker at midnight, and an inquisitive Maltese Terrier called "Mitzi" who decided to do to my fiance's backside what dogs normally only do in greeting to each other. "Go on - Shoo! Go away!" "Ow! What's it doi ... actually, that's quite nuice -" "Mitzi! come out of that bunker and leave those little white balls alone!" Followed by a lot of hectic undergrowth rustling, a tweed jacket and a torch. It was near the snobby part as well - Wimbledon Village. Oh, the shame. I won't tell you about the curious case of the horse in the stable at nighttime.
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@Darkwing (21583)
28 Jun 09
How funny! I like the bit about the snobby part of Wimbledon Village. A horse in a stable, huh? Hmmmm... the imagination works overtime, my friend! lol. Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution. There's not much more I can say to that! ha ha.
@cbjones (1147)
• United States
27 Jun 09
Heh! That would be one heck of a blessing. I had a dog who gor sick one time, and threw up in one of my brothers sneakers. Didn't seem like anything you could consider as being good at the time. Three weeks later, my brother dunked, and tore the basketball rim down in the process. Maybe it was a blessing for him. I don't remember him having such impressive vertical leaping ability before that. It sucked from my point of view, because it took forever for him to get around to putting the rim up again. I think my dog had magic vomit or something. Maybe if I were the one who disposed of the ruined shoes, the blessing would have been mine instead.
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@Darkwing (21583)
28 Jun 09
It surely put a spring in your brother's step! I wonder what was in that, to work so magically on him? Maybe you should have jumped in quickly but if the blessing was meant for him, you possibly wouldn't have received it anyway. Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.