Beat 360° 2/4/09
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A tourist looks at monkeys in the road at the Margalla Hills National Park in Islamabad, Pakistan on February 3, 2009. (AFP/Getty Images)
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One lesser known cause of the rise in unemployment is that monkeys are being trained as traffic controllers.
Monkey see monkey do, and I'm far too cute for you.
We just lost our jobs due to economy. Can you spare some change or will work for food.
Sorry there is no room for a republican and an independent in our car.
steve ramsey
alberta- canada
No Sir, we're not looking at you. We're watching CNN on the big screen hanging above your car.
MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.
Two Ceo's hitchhike home after junket at the Las Vegas Wynn Hotel
A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch can't be saved.
"Hey guys!" "I would give you a lift, but I am allergic to monkeys!"
Yasmin Pyle
Nixa
Missouri
A major wall street CEO showing up for a job interview at the Monkey Business Enterprises
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
We are trying to go and rent Madagascar2, can we hitch a ride?
Could we qualify as President Obama's new pet?
Wow! The economy is so bad even the monkeys are begging for a bailout.
We were hoping to see the new Pink Panther movie, are you going that way?
Excuse us sir, could we catch a ride to the circus in Washington D.C.
Well if it aint Bush and Cheney,,, doing what they do best Monkeing around..:)
I don't know how the terrorists are getting past these checkpoints.
Bank and financial institution CEO's set up road blocks in the park after discovering their "golden parachutes" were missing.
"You don't have to listen to us, we're just the 20 pound monkeys on the road"
1,500 Rupees for a monkey valet! What is this country coming to?
TARP (Troubled Apes Receive Payouts) reaches Pakistan.
So you want bananas. Was that millions with an "m" or billions with a "b"?
Bobo (D-Jungle) asks an American automobile driver if he took a private jet to the wildlife safari park.
See Marcel, I told you times are getting tougher.... No matter how cute I am or how much I beg, still no banana. All I get is a ridiculous thumbs up. This sputtering global economy thing is really starting to fluff my fur!
Corporate executives appeal to the taxpayers to have Obama's New Tarp Rules on executive pay limits, repealed.
Allow me to translate. The sign said please feed the monkeys.
Cameron Cox
Winnipeg, Canada
Sorry folks. Treasury is empty. Check Social Security.
Sorry,no mon(k)ey in this car.
In an effort to make money to keep the park open in this flailing world economy, the monkeys ask, "do you want the regular or super wash"? simonize your tires?
"All right, that's it, your car is sparkling, now just pull forward for the elephant water rinse, and then the line of long haired lions will give yuh a good dry rub and buff. Have a nice day."
– We heard Change has come to Washington?
– You sure did. And we must get Bin Laden now. Any idea of his whereabouts around here?
Excuse me. Could you two direct me to the snow leopard exhibit?
"Quite right, gov'ner: keep going, make a left, then a right, a quick left, and you're right there at the ranger's station...now, how 'bout them bananas you mentioned?"
Monkey in front : how they look so happy with this economy?
Monkey in back : why not! they are coming back from some bank's party....
Didn't they tell you? Wells Fargo isn't going to need your services anymore.
It's official. Executive monkey's not affected by bailout cut. Holy banana.
Yes sir, that's right we like peanuts and bailouts!
No, we don't wash car windows for peanuts. We get by on our cute factor.
Two of the big three send represenatives to figure out what the people enjoy about there almost extinct automobiles.
The economy is getting so bad, even monkeys are out on the curb offering to wash car windows for peanuts.
"Hey, mister – you want in? We don't take peanuts. Or credit cards. Cash only. Them's the rules."
I think I'm a little lost!
It is here that Anderson Cooper will do an interview? Planet in Peril!
Oh, it was yesterday?
After numerous protests from Pakistan, U.S. military is forced to use a much safer tactic, Top Secret Monkey Drones (TSMDs) to continue the search for al-Qaida and the Taliban in lawless border regions.
David L., San Francisco, CA
Hello Monkeys. I'm your new driver. Tom Daschle says he won't be using me anymore.
Do you need an oil change? – we're grease monkeys.
Cameron Cox
Winnipeg, Canada
Its official. Executive monkey's not affected by bailout cut.
Hey! Our mustaches are similar.
After their appearnace on Capital Hill, and with no corporate jet, the Big 3 CEO's beg a ride home.
Having exhausted the news shows, Rod and Patty Blagojevich take their message to main street.