11-11-2008, 03:16 PM | #1 |
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Monkeys in barrels
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I like monkeys coming out of a barrel.
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A couple of weeks ago it was clowns coming out of a barrel. Now it is monkeys coming out of a barrel.
Truthfully, I don't really understand either metaphor. Are they commonly used and I am just not paying attention? Do clowns come out of barrels? I know they come out of cars. I had no idea monkeys came out of barrels.
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The expression is "more fun than a barrel full of monkeys." SU is always a little late, so he probably has only arrived at the end of their shift, when those fun monkeys are leaving the barrel.
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I was wondering about this, too. I've heard there's a lot of fun to be had with a barrel full of monkeys, and I've heard you can shoot fish in a barrel. We may be scraping the bottom of the barrel, or perhaps the whole place is going to hell lock, stock and barrel. But I truly don't know what it means if clowns and monkeys are coming out of barrels. Sounds like a low budget horror film from the mid-1980s. But honestly, I was more focused on trying to figure decipher a metaphor that involved simians, a fort, sand dunes, a chain of islands, and copious quantities of liquor. Last edited by BarbaraGordon; 11-11-2008 at 03:35 PM. |
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Stop that, Mike!!
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those monkeys could just as easily be getting IN the barrel.
nice try, smr. try again.
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