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  1. Norm03s

    Norm03s New Member

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    Psychology 101
    If you start with a cage containing five monkeys and inside the cage, hang a banana on a string from the top and then you place a set of stairs under the banana, before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb toward the banana.
    As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray all the other monkeys with cold water.
    After a while another monkey makes an attempt with same result... all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.
    Now, put the cold water away.
    Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one.
    The new monkey sees the banana and attempts to climb the stairs. To his shock, all of the other monkeys beat the crap out of him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.
    Next, remove another of the original five monkeys, replacing it with a new one.
    The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment...... with enthusiasm, because he is now part of the "team".
    Then, replace a third original monkey with a new one, followed by the fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.
    Now, the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs. Neither do they know why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.
    Finally, having replaced all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, not one of the monkeys will try to climb the stairway for the banana.
    Why, you ask? Because in their minds...that is the way it has always been!
    This applies to a whole host of individuals and Congress too.

    This is absolutely brilliant. Apparently we do have a number of monkeys uncles living in the USA.
     
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    hosed monkeys

    With that same story as origin, we call it the hosed monkey syndrome when we see it at my work....:cryin:

    i.e. "That new guy was hired to improve things, but he's just a hosed monkey now."

    Thankfully it doesn't occur in all areas....
     
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    How can we get rid of all the monkeys? Alien invasion just takes them all out in a joint session. Akk akk akkk
     
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    :cornut: Drop the Banana on the floor and let them fight to their death over it.:Thumbsup:

    Jason
     
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    Funny in a sad and true way. Thats D.C.

    But I hate monkeys!! Their not nice. Don't ask
     
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    Plus they fling poo just like congress.
     
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    Firebro17 Dazed, but not Confused
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    Hmmm. Interesting stuff, but not at all politically correct. That must be why it's such great reading!

    Norm03s for Congress!
     
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    The funny part is this is totally politically correct everywhere except Kalifornia. :lol:
     
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    This describes pretty much our entire society at this point, sadly.
     

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