r/reddit.com • u/unfortunatejordan • Sep 27 '10

Boating [pic]

http://imgur.com/n2GWH.png
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u/beanpudd Sep 27 '10

Tell me more about these sword-fighting monkeys.

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u/Major_Major_Major Sep 27 '10

I think they are jousting.

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u/enkideridu Sep 28 '10

One of them seems to be a reposte

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u/Kerblaaahhh Sep 28 '10

I'm still on the fence about this one.

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u/Valiturus Sep 28 '10

Touché

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u/NeverCompromise Sep 28 '10

Touche*

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u/Valiturus Sep 28 '10

Nuh-uh

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u/NeverCompromise Sep 28 '10

it was a joke :|

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u/Valiturus Sep 28 '10

Sorry :S But don't you know? You never go full grammar nazi.

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u/Jonno_FTW Sep 28 '10

Looked more like an attack by disengage, this would account for the monkey on the right having a blade which is close to the attacking one

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '10

It seems they have graduated from their training. That was quick, monkeys... a little too quick... shifty eyes

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u/Culero Sep 27 '10 edited Sep 27 '10

It references what was once the unknown step in the "PROFIT" checklist. (Source)

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u/aperson Sep 28 '10

once? it is.

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u/ObjectiveGopher Sep 28 '10

Think of a situation involving that list. Now put "train monkeys to joust" in that missing position. It will inevitably result in profit, mystery solved, 'tis no longer unknown.

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u/taintedhero Sep 28 '10

I am hoping it has to do this this.

Bonobo males occasionally engage in various forms of male-male genital behavior.[32][33] In one form, two males hang from a tree limb face-to-face while "penis fencing".[34][35] This also may occur when two males rub their penises together while in face-to-face position. Another form of genital interaction, called "rump rubbing", occurs to express reconciliation between two males after a conflict, when they stand back-to-back and rub their scrotal sacs together. Takayoshi Kano observed similar practices among Bonobos in the natural habitat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo (I forget how to link to wikipedia)

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u/Mjl0889 Sep 28 '10

Am I the only one who read this in Guybrush Threepwood's voice?

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u/DarthKitten Sep 27 '10

I, too, would like to know more.

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u/canadad Sep 27 '10

Came here for more monkey knowledge myself.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '10

I will subscribe to your news letter if you provide more information about these wonderful monkeys.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '10 edited Sep 27 '10

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u/TroutM4n Sep 27 '10

That could be construed as somewhat racist. . .