Creepy Monkey
As some of you may know, I belong to a community called thrifthorror dedicated to the disturbing things you get in second-hand shops. Recently I really haven't found much to post. I've wandered around our local charity shops and car boot sales, and while I've found lots of good bargains, I haven't found anything truly horrific in aaages. Yes, a bit tasteless; yes, a bit tatty; lots of stuff I wouldn't buy for myself, but when I've got home and gone through the photos, it hasn't been good enough to merit a post.
Then yesterday evening I was going to get the car when I encountered the following:
Let me point out some things which may not be clear:
a) The colour in this photo is relatively dingy. It was brighter than that.
b) It's huuuge. The table it's resting on is one of those ones you get in cafes which comfortably seat several people.
Well, if it hadn't been 8pm and the shop wasn't closed I would have totally rushed in and bought it. Sadly because of my job, I was unlikely to be around at the time the shop was open. *Sigh*
So I resigned myself to a monkeyless existence. So after work today I went out to buy a few groceries, and when I got home *that thing* was there staring at me from the sofa.
I almost had a heart attack. It really is quite terrifying. Turns out hammerhydra really did feel our house was lacking giant terrifying radioactive green monkeys and got Gwen to pick it up.
Here is a picture of him holding it. He's very happy with his monkey.
Lilith-cat ran away from it in horror. I think the staring eyes freaked her out. Shoggoth pretended to be more blasé, but got defeated by the dread monkey.
Now all I need to do is figure out what we can do with a giant lime green monkey.
Maybe I need to start breaking into people's houses and leaving the moneky there. Or hiding it in unexpected places. Or just take it on a tour of town.
Any further suggestions on what you can do with a giant disturbing day-glo monkey?
Also (s)he needs a name.
Suggestions in the comments please :D
I got so much feedback from thrifthorror, I cracked and made my monkey his own LJ - follow him at creepy_monkey. Yeah, it's like making your pet a Facebook profile, only worse because it's not even real. Still, I regret nothing.
Then yesterday evening I was going to get the car when I encountered the following:
Let me point out some things which may not be clear:
a) The colour in this photo is relatively dingy. It was brighter than that.
b) It's huuuge. The table it's resting on is one of those ones you get in cafes which comfortably seat several people.
Well, if it hadn't been 8pm and the shop wasn't closed I would have totally rushed in and bought it. Sadly because of my job, I was unlikely to be around at the time the shop was open. *Sigh*
So I resigned myself to a monkeyless existence. So after work today I went out to buy a few groceries, and when I got home *that thing* was there staring at me from the sofa.
I almost had a heart attack. It really is quite terrifying. Turns out hammerhydra really did feel our house was lacking giant terrifying radioactive green monkeys and got Gwen to pick it up.
Here is a picture of him holding it. He's very happy with his monkey.
Lilith-cat ran away from it in horror. I think the staring eyes freaked her out. Shoggoth pretended to be more blasé, but got defeated by the dread monkey.
Now all I need to do is figure out what we can do with a giant lime green monkey.
Maybe I need to start breaking into people's houses and leaving the moneky there. Or hiding it in unexpected places. Or just take it on a tour of town.
Any further suggestions on what you can do with a giant disturbing day-glo monkey?
Also (s)he needs a name.
Suggestions in the comments please :D
I got so much feedback from thrifthorror, I cracked and made my monkey his own LJ - follow him at creepy_monkey. Yeah, it's like making your pet a Facebook profile, only worse because it's not even real. Still, I regret nothing.