Despite Carol’s insistence that she really had purchased the oyster stuffed turkey, on that Monday before Thanksgiving, no one really paid her any mind until the incident with the spare tire.
Carole had reluctantly, after just 7 months, been forced to return her trunk monkey Clyde; leased-to-own from Mickey Dolenz Simian Safety Systems of Topanga Canyon. For a short time Carole was pleased with Clyde's diligence in keeping undesirables at a distance. All she had to do was pop the trunk release on her Mercury Turnpike Cruiser and smile with satisfaction as he put the run on low-lifes, thieves, car-jackers, flashers and squeegie kids. On one occasion Clyde had even intimidated a traffic cop so much that he put his ticket book away and gave Carole a verbal warning as he ran back to his motorcycle. Clyde seemed to enjoy his rehearsed acts of aggression in scaring the wits out of these people and Carole always laughed as he would invariably flash her his "Cheetah" smile as he happily jumped back in the cavernous trunk after each interdiction. Recently however, just prior to Thanksgiving, Carole had done her grocery shopping at Sustenance Depot; which included a fresh, succulent 24 pound turkey with oyster stuffing. Upon arriving at home however Carole removed the grocery bags from the trunk but found the huge turkey missing. Carole could have sworn she put the bird in the trunk but ultimately had to assume it must have been taken from her cart in the store parking lot. In the days following Carole began to notice Clyde frequently failed to bail from the trunk on demand and on four such occasions Carole found him sound asleep on the carpeted trunk floor. Becoming suspicious, Carole decided to search the trunk thoroughly and was shocked to find turkey bones jammed under the spare tire. Infuriated, Carole had the now sheepish Clyde examined by a veterinarian, whose diagnosis was severe tryptophan effect from acute turkey ingestion, coupled with a shellfish allergic reaction. Carole was greatly disappointed at discovering Clyde's eating disorder and dishonesty, which violated the MDSSS lease contract. Mickey Dolenz, angry and embarrassed by the negative publicity, took Clyde under cover of darkness out to a remote banana plantation and told him to enjoy his retirement.
@jack-dodds.................. It is not the Damn Fine Tale,but he who tells it...............
Jb, are you suggesting that Moses had a trunk monkey....or did he attend the plantation and take Clyde to repentance training?
There was a time,before innocence was challenged and the world became the jaded planet we know today,a man could simply show,or sometimes merely suggest,the presence of a monkey.........There was a time,when that alone would have comprised a pretty decent answer in itself
@jack-dodds.................. It is not the Damn Fine Tale,but he who tells it...............
Jb, are you suggesting that Moses had a trunk monkey....or did he attend the plantation and take Clyde to repentance training?
There was a time,before innocence was challenged and the world became the jaded planet we know today,a man could simply show,or sometimes merely suggest,the presence of a monkey.........There was a time,when that alone would have comprised a pretty decent answer in itself
Ah yes John....I remember it well.....it was the best of times......before the attack of the giant grasshoppers.
