Thought/Anecdote of the Day™©®

for February 8, 2002

On Being Too Into T.J. Monkey’s

This little site generates a fair amount of interest, which is very cool. However, as pseudo-famous Internet stars, we Monkeys do find ourselves face-to-face (or rather computer screen to computer screen) with some pretty obsessed fans.

So, I thought I’d give you a little checklist to refer to in order to make sure you’re not too into T.J. Monkey’s.

Here goes. You might be too into T.J. Monkey’s if:

  • You take the Thought of the Day literally, and whatever is posted is, therefore, the only thought you have each day;
  • Instead of spending holidays with your family, you spend them waiting for another installment of John’s Holiday Corner. Once one is posted, you read it repeatedly, and each time chuckle to yourself “Oh, that John”;
  • Monday used to be laundry day. Now it’s Fan Mail day;
  • You like Harris so much, you tried to create your own mini-Harris, but you didn’t have Snapple, so you used Kool-Aid. Everyone knows you can’t make Harris out of anything less than the best stuff on Earth;
  • You understand the above Snapple reference;
  • You’ve created a fansite, written unauthorized biographies of each Monkey, and followed them around on their tour bus. This is especially troublesome because T.J. Monkey’s hasn’t toured since the early ’70’s;
  • Your favorite food is Monkey Wings;
  • You’ve been keeping the Monkeys tied up in your basement only allowing them access to one computer, so that they can keep the site up. Not that anyone would ever kidnap us all. And if ther did, they wouldn’t live at 215 Jane Street in Monroeville, PA. And they wouldn’t be running errands from 11:30 until about 2 today. And that wouldn’t be a good time for someone to come rescue us…;
  • You’re at work, but instead of doing your job you’re writing a list about being too into T.J. Monkey’s;
  • You’re never without your Malibu Porter doll.

If any of the above apply to you, seek help.

Oh, and maybe bring that help to 215 Jane Street in Monroeville.

No real reason. It just might be cool if you did…

Did you like this Thought? Sure did. No, I did not.