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March 05, 2007 |
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Monkey Brain Bomb
FOUND by Alicia
in Cincinnati, Ohio
I found this at the used book store where I work. We find cool stuff all the time but this is probably my favorite. Hmm, maybe I'll start a magazine with all the stuff I find in used books. Nah, it'd never fly.
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Hehe! if he is kidding..this is awesome... If not, its gross
This is my favorite "Find of the Day" right now! It reminds me of myself as a kid in elementary school-sick things were my favorite source of laughter. I'm not sure what it says about me now, since this note drove me to hysterics...guess sick things are still my favorite.
Now, that's sick. And kinda childish.
Gross! Just what we need: idiots with bombs.
sounds like an idea for a comic book weapon
I teach high school English. I have occasionally pondered the idea of a "freshman brain bomb." That is, if you could find a target organ. And now I know how to do it! Thank you, Found!
I know what you mean, TeachEng. I'm a senior in high school and not only would most people in my HONORS English class find this this most amusing thing ever, I hardly think you'd be able to find a brain amongst them. They may as well have written this themselves.
Oh yeah, Lisa I know what you mean...I'm in COLLEGE English right now and I dont think there's a brain amongst them either...
Great name for a high school punk rock band. I'd go see 'em.
Monkey brains are hard to find , and that's cruel . Why not a cantaloupe bomb or a garbage bomb ?
AWESOME.
Sam, me too. I have to control myself around my young kids, b/c I have the humor of a 9-yr-old boy. Even potty jokes.
Most disturbing....gross...oh good grief.
You know... Monkey's brains, though popular in Cantonese cuisine, are not often to be found in Washington DC. Just sayin'.
haha Lighten up, SpaJunkie, this is so cute! Can't you just imagine the little boy who thought this up? I wonder if he was writing a story and this came into the plot somehow... and how could it not? Almost every good story has a monkey brain bomb in it these days.
hahahaha. kids are pretty neat. maybe it's something s/he saw on a saturday morning cartoon.
why is everyone so worked up over this? it's cute and of course it's childish.. a child probably wrote it
that sounds remarkably like my brother and his friends and their newfound obsession with "dirty bombs"
this is totally the handwriting of an 8 or 9 year old boy. and, the typical type of humour these boys are prone to.
Haha Director, love the Clue reference!
Hmmmmm....someone needs to go see a psychiatrist. Disturbed much?
Oh come on...it's just a kid, being silly and gross in a normal age appropriate way. I don't think it's indicative of mental problems that require professional attention. Be alarmed about molotov cocktail recipes in a child's handwriting...lighten up on this one...
oh shit, incoming monkey brain bombs, duck and cover!!!!
I find it disturbing that so many people find this funny. It's just an example of what video game violence has been doing to us and our youth. This is the sort of thing that starts mindless wars.
Yay for blowing up stupid, dirty Iraqis! Hilarious!
I wonder why he picked a monkey? Why not a Frog Bomb or a skunk bomb.........
Director: Is that what we ate...?
While this is a tad bit gross, the atrocious spelling somehow makes it charming. You know, in that ooky boy sort of way.
Miss Vicky… it's not ABOUT blowing up Iraquis.
It's about blowing up monkey brains.
If it was actually about blowing up Iraqis, it would be disturbing…
but it isn't!
Ok, blowing up a monkey's brain is not exactly *nice*, but darkly predicting a blood-soaked violent insensitive future for this child on the basis of his monkey-based imagination is kind of judgenmental. And presumptious. I don't think the kid is actually being SERIOUS, you know?
I used to enact pretend-torture games with my cuddly toys, and I'm possibly the least violent person on the planet. Even as a child I had a horror of actual violence.
Apart from that one guy I dismembered.
(I JOKE. Wouldn't say boo to a goose, quite literally).
My point is, children can have violent imaginations, regardless of how violent they are in life. Plus, it's not like toy soldiers were ever anti-violence, before we blame it all on the video games.
Miss Vicky , you're new here arent you ?
butbutbut --- thank you for the continuation of "judgenmental"; I eagerly anticipate its appearance each day. BUT! Do you really think kids nowadays have "toy soldiers"? Nope, too many fat-asses and diabetes-prone kids out there for me to believe that any of them are moving any body parts besides eyes and thumbs. Toy soldiers would force those kids into actual THOUGHT and (gasp) EXERCISE! Maybe even OUTSIDE! Nah, video games are to blame. Now I must bid you adieu and get back to my Space Invaders.
I think this is hilarious! It's just the type of thing some ten-year-old boy would write.
i've been looking for these plans for ages! now i know! haha
I noticed this was found in Cincinnati, Ohio. I grew up there and saw lots of monkey brains. The finder must not be a native Cincinnatian.
Okay, peoples: "monkey brains" are also known as hedge apples or osage oranges. They are the bumpy green fruit of an osage tree, often found in the midwestern United States. I grew up around Osage trees (even went to Osage Elementary School for a bit.)
Monkey brains were fun to kick down the road, throw at each other - and apparently you can make a bomb out of them.
No cruelty to animals here, folks. Nothing to see. Move along. :)
Thank you, butbutbut, for taking the time to say what I'm too lazy to put into words.
Miss Vicky: I grew up in the '70s, when toy soldiers were frowned upon, and video games were at the 'Pong' stage. I've never been the violent type, and I'd certainly never heard of Iraq as a child. However, this Find is just the sort of goofy, gross, and totally NOT SERIOUS sort of thing I would have found funny as a kid.
Lighten up, Vicky. A little harmless, if violent, escapist fantasy humor is healthy. It helps to keep us from doing actual harm to others.
P.S. to bbb: You're not the least violent person on the planet, I am -- and if you don't stop it, I'll slap you, then say 'boo' to your goose!
Dunno bout anyone else, but hell, Id buy the book.
Oh for the love of Pete - those of you making comments like "gross" or" that's disgusting", please look at this from the stand point of a freaking child using his imagination. I thought of all sorts of cool/gross/disgusting things as a kid - hell, I even wrote some of them down and/or played "make believe" and acted them out! Gasp!
Some of you tight asses need to lighten up.
Oh goodness. Whoever thought a funny little-kid find like this would spark such serious(ly annoying) debate and outlandish remarks? These crazy weird goofy fun notes are what found is all about and if you really get offended or distraught from something like this I suggest you stay away from this website and me and any other normal human being with a sense of humor.
Carol's right, a "monkey brain" for an Ohioan is not a literal monkey brain. It's definitely the gross-smelling, puss-oozing, bumpy green fruit she was referring to, known in my region of Ohio as an osage orange. To someone who has never seen one, they are almost indescribable. And the truth is that when they're all over the ground, they DO make the perfect throwing apparatus for kids playing outside in their neighborhood. As for this little boy, I’m pretty sure there’s nothing to worry about. He’s a typical imaginative kid (with most likely no access to any gunpowder) who plays outside enough to know what a monkey brain is… which is better than staying inside experiencing “video game violence.”
Of course I was referring to "Carol in transplanted Ohioan", not the Tarheels-enthusiast Carol.
I don't know about y'all but I am happier thinking this is about real ("real" being subjective considering the little source of this note) monkey brains than damn Osage oranges. Those friggin' things HURT LIKE HELL when you get hit w/them!! (I am only presuming monkey brains would be squishy on contact. I've not quite worked out the whole exploding part of the problem, tho. *shifty eyes*)
Carol, down here in Texas we call those horse apples, but I like Monkey brains better.
and by disgustedville i'm refering to all these morons taking this so seriously. it's a CHILD for crying out loud!
how dare u take something so silly and childly innocent and turn it into something to do w/ the war. ur personal political opinions do not belong on this site.
i personally thought it freaking adorable or at least hilarious because of the sloppy kiddie handwriting and spelling and simple idea that this is all it would take.
the fruit thing makes much more sense, but the first time i read this it made me think of one of the indiana jones movies where they're given mokey brains to eat!
how dare you people laugh at this genious plot? do you have no respect for our dear president? he's trying his best, here.
I wonder who gave him that recipe?
@ butbutbut, you made me laugh. the 'I JOKE' thing cracked me up. why have i never seen you comment on anything else here (that i can remember)? anyway. funny find. i wonder if they have those fruit things here (i'm in Washington)? they sound cool.
oh, and 'monkey brain bomb' is on my band names list now. thank you, kid who wrote this!