Posted by Threnody25 at 209.242.132.51 on October 13, 2000 at 23:45:31:
In Reply to: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar... posted by Joe_Film on October 13, 2000 at 22:31:07:
: Good lord, I'm really amazed by how much debate rises from the smallest of
: issues.
: When Kevin previously mentioned that he got like over a hundred emails
: asking about the monkey title and it's possible connection to Suzanne...I
: mean...geez...
: I know a lot of you people have a LOT of time on your hands, but aren't
: there better ways of spending your insomnia-driven hours than blabbing the
: first silly thought that pops into your head on the board? Granted, a
: decent number of you bring up good questions and post material worth
: reading and maybe even chuckling over, but the rest of you...
: My brain hurts just thinking about how some of you toss your freedom of
: speech around like it was a handful of feces. Are you starving for
: affection? Desparate to get a table scrap of commentary from one of the VA
: folk? Hoping to get noticed by one of the fine folk at VA that you've
: decided to place on Mt. Olympus? Maybe even (gasp!) get in well enough to
: be an extra in a movie?
: Sigh...
: Hey, I'm a fan like the rest of you, and I'm not here to suppress the good
: 'ol 1st Amendment. But this one time I really felt like venting. Kevin
: includes the word "monkey" somewhere and riots break out. Man, it really
: makes me laugh...
: Oh by the way, here's my little theory on the title... I believe there was
: once a phrase that went something like "get this monkey off my back."
: VA5 = the monkey, and kevin's developing it