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whatever

Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:25 am Post subject: This is where Tae Kwon Do comes into play |
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Troupes of monkeys are out of control in India's northeast, stealing mobile phones and breaking into homes to steal soft drinks from refrigerators, lawmakers in the region have complained.
"Monkeys are wreaking havoc in my constituency by taking away mobile phones, toothpastes, sipping coke after opening the refrigerators," Hiren Das told Assam state's assembly.
He said the primates were "even slapping women who try to chase them".
"It is a cause of serious concern in my area, with more than 1,000 such simians turning aggressive by the day," fumed Goneswar Das, another legislator representing Raha in eastern Assam.
Assam's wildlife minister, Rockybul Hussain, said the state government has formed a panel to study the problem.
Because of shrinking forest cover, monkeys have increasingly moved into cities elsewhere in India as well.
Last week, around two dozen people were hurt after monkeys rampaged through a New Delhi neighbourhood.
Last month, the deputy mayor of Delhi died when he fell from his balcony after being attacked by monkeys.
Efforts to drive out the animals is complicated by the fact that devout Hindus view them as an incarnation of Hanuman, the monkey god who symbolises strength. |
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Benicio
Joined: 25 May 2006 Location: Down South- where it's hot & wet
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:36 am Post subject: |
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Reminds me of my dad's story:
He had an aunt and uncle who raised a few monkeys for some reason or other. He, being a kid, was about the same size as them.
He said they were mean little buggers!
When his aunt and/or uncle were around, they would pretend to like him, but when they left the room, the monkeys would beat the sh!t out of him!
His aunt and uncle couldn't understand why he didn't want to be alone with them. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006 Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Monkeys stole my backpack in Costa Rica. I had to kick coconuts at them to get them to drop the bag.
Monkeys are freaking scary. |
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darkcity

Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: SF, CA
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: This is where Tae Kwon Do comes into play |
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whatever wrote: |
Because of shrinking forest cover, monkeys have increasingly moved into cities elsewhere in India as well. |
well there ya go, we don't live in a consequence-free world. |
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Bibbitybop

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject: Re: This is where Tae Kwon Do comes into play |
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whatever wrote: |
Last month, the deputy mayor of Delhi died when he fell from his balcony after being attacked by monkeys.
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Actually, there were monkey's on his balcony and they weren't attacking him, they were just being pains in the ass. He deputy took a stick or something and attempted to chase them away and lost his balance. |
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Czarjorge

Joined: 01 May 2007 Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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So where does the Tae Kwan Do come in? Are you suggesting Koreans go to Indian to fight monkeys? Hanuman was a warrior and symbolizes strenghth, right? So why not fight them, if they're so tough they can take it.
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Young FRANKenstein

Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: This is where Tae Kwon Do comes into play |
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whatever wrote: |
Efforts to drive out the animals is complicated by the fact that devout Hindus view them as an incarnation of Hanuman, the monkey god who symbolises strength. |
Then victims should just go down to the local Hanuman temple and ask for recompense. |
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Czarjorge

Joined: 01 May 2007 Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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My avatar could be Hanuman for that matter. |
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