Posted 03-20-08 09:49 AM Everyone off the floor! Hurry!
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Stubbs Magillicutty Welcome to the Red Heel!
Posted 03-20-08 09:50 AM Oh Darn. I tried and tried to trick SUPERMONK! and I never could. He is tooooo smart. I will have to wait for munce to try again....
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Posted 03-20-08 09:56 AM IT IS I, SUPERMONK!, AND I HAVE MADE IT TO NEBRASKA SAFELY. I AM A WEE BIT TIRED SO I WILL REST BEFORE TELLING YOU MORE ABOUT MY JOURNEY. FOR NOW I AM HAPPY GETTING TO KNOW RED MARIE VELVET AND BERT AND EVERYONE ELSE AND MOST ESPECIALLY MISS KATHY! I AM VERY GLAD TO BE HERE AND IT IS GOING TO BE A JOY LIVING IN AMERICA'S HEARTLAND FOR NOW.
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Posted 03-20-08 09:56 AM I am so glad he made it safely! That is the most important thing. I am goink to miss him though.
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Posted 03-20-08 09:57 AM Yep, me too. SUPEY! is A-OK.
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Munce Welcome to the Red Heel!
Posted 03-21-08 08:26 AM Dear Sally, Munkadellic, or Overly Norvous,
are you preebles?
Just wondering,
Munce.
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Sally Long Time Resident
Posted 03-21-08 04:05 PM Hi Munce,
I don't know what a preebles is so I don't know if I am one or not.
Sincerely,
Sally
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Munce Welcome to the Red Heel!
Posted 03-21-08 10:38 PM A preeble is when you aren't made by the Great Grandma directly but when She inspires a company to make you. Preebles usually have tags on them and always look a loooooot alike.
I wondered if you three are preebles on account of looking so much alike?
Do you have tag(s) on your butt?
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Posted 03-22-08 04:14 PM You are way off base, Munce! The Great Grandma liked that face so much, she knew one was not enough. Beautiful Sally, Munkadelic, and Overly Norvous were made by Beanie's hands. I hope you have not hurt anymonk's feelings!
Here's a picture of my brother, whose name just happens to be Brother Rudiger (he is a monk of the cloth). He looks like me because Sharon made us both. Do you think we should have tags? Judge me by my eyes do you? and well you should not!
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Munce Welcome to the Red Heel!
Posted 03-22-08 08:17 PM I don't see anything wrong at all with being a preeble, and I am kind of surprised you do.
What's wrong with being a preeble? Why is it such a bad thing that it's a word that you and other monks take offense to?
I think a preeble monkey is just as much a monkey as one the Grandma made directly.
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Posted 03-22-08 08:22 PM I SUPERMONK! HAVE SAFELY LANDED IN THE HEARTLAND IN NEBRASKA. WE LIVE A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE MISOURI RIVER. THERE ARE LOTS OF MUNKEYS AROUND, AND KATHY HAS TAKEN ME TO THE BEAUTYSHOP CALLED TOTALLY KATHY'S TO MEET SOME OF THE TOWNFOLK. SOME OF THEM ALREADY KNOW ABOUT ME. I AM BECOMING FAMOUS HERE. EVERYONE IS SUPER NICE. PEOPLE STOP BY ALL THE TIME, I GET HUGGED A LOT, BY KATHY AND HER FRIENDS. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME PICTURES IN A FEW DAYS. KATHY SEEMS TO HAVE CHEERED UP A LOT SINCE I HAVE ARIVED. THE DOGS ARE NICE, AND SNUGGLE UP WITH ME A LOT. HAVE A HAPPY EASTER!
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quote:Munce wrote:
I don't see anything wrong at all with being a preeble, and I am kind of surprised you do.
What's wrong with being a preeble? Why is it such a bad thing that it's a word that you and other monks take offense to?
I think a preeble monkey is just as much a monkey as one the Grandma made directly.
Dude, "preeble" sounds like another word for "Store Bought Monkey Doll" and everyone knows that's the worst thing you can call a monkey.
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knitty New Resident
Posted 03-22-08 08:33 PM And it's not so cool to ask a monkey if they got a tag stitched to their heel. It's one thing if they offer the info, but kind of a no-no to ask.
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So being storebought is judged as 'bad'? Then I'm 'bad,' too, because I was sold. So were nearly all my friends. Sure, we weren't sold as early in life as preebles, but almost all of us had price tags of one kind or another on us at one time or another and were sold. Paid for, with a "Vee-sa," that flat plastic magic money card thing my people uses.
I'm sorry that tags are seen as such a sign of shame that they're something you can't even ask about, and I want to change that. I think I'll ask my People to maybe take one off an old ratty shirt or something and sew it to my own hinder to show preeble support - cause it sounds like they sure need the help!
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She wouldn't do it so I had to do it myself. I picked a tag off one of her old shirts (she lost a lot of weight and none of her old 'large' stuff fits her anymore so she won't ever notice the tag is gone so there harrumph) and sewed it on myself BY myself. ... as you can probably tell, this was the first time I ever sewed anything in my life. At least I got her to help me with taking the picture.
Where is "Lesotho," anyway?
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Scabby George Welcome to the Red Heel!
Posted 03-22-08 10:11 PM Ow Ow Ow... that musta hurt sewing that tag to yourself. I've got some ouchies too.
I'm not so sure it's considered shameful to have a tag, it's just sumpthin' monks don't ask about.
The thing about store bought monkey dolls isn't that they were bought in a store, it's about mass produced sock monkeys that weren't ever really socks. They are dolls of knitty brown fabric, made to look like a sock monkey. Some of them don't even have a red heel, or any kind of heel. They were all put together in a factory, possibly not even touched by a grandma.
I know some post here and nobody treats them bad or talks about it behind their back, because it's really not their fault that they were factory made.
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Munce Welcome to the Red Heel!
Posted 03-22-08 10:31 PM Oh, I understand, now. Hm. Well, you're right, they can't help their origins. Like monkeys made from non-redheel-socks can't help that, either. Like Greensleeves. I still think it's too bad it's considered ... kinda dishonorable to not be made from real socks? Oh well. Imma keep my new tag on my butt anyway.
It didn't much hurt sewing it on cause I had to twist WAY AROUND BACKWARDS TO DO IT and was more focused on not having my lower body suddenly uncorkscrew on me.
You sure do have a good number of ouchies! It's good it looks like you were all patched up! Maybe you can tell the Question Monk where you got your patchery done? I know it's rude of me to bring this up, but I -am- worried about the size of the hole in his arm! I don't want him to turn inside out and evaporate!
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quote:Munce wrote:
Maybe you can tell the Question Monk where you got your patchery done? I know it's rude of me to bring this up, but I -am- worried about the size of the hole in his arm! I don't want him to turn inside out and evaporate!
I've met the Question Monk and I can assure you he is one big solid hunk of kapok filling that isn't shifting in our lifetimes. He must work out, because those rippling arms of his are firm! It's like the knit just rests over his form.
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You sure do have a good number of ouchies! It's good it looks like you were all patched up!
Oh no, I'm not patched up at all. Those furry brown spots are some of my scabs. The girl said it's better to let those air out. Sometimes they fall off, but then I get injured and get new ones.
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quote:Munce wrote:
Oh, I understand, now. Hm. Well, you're right, they can't help their origins. Like monkeys made from non-redheel-socks can't help that, either. Like Greensleeves. I still think it's too bad it's considered ... kinda dishonorable to not be made from real socks? Oh well. Imma keep my new tag on my butt anyway.
Most sock monkeys around here are pretty down to earth, except for some of those blue sock elitist monks. But if you think about it for a minute, the ones that were never socks aren't technically "sock" monkeys. That's like trying to make chocolate cake without using chocolate. It might still be a fine cake.
But in all this existential discussin' we got off track about SUPERMONK flying to Nebraska. That's big news.
Hey SUPERMONK, will you give my pals Red Marie Velvet and Kathy some extra hugs for me?
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Posted 03-23-08 11:52 AM It was a great honor to meet SUPERMONK! at the Sockfest. I'm glad to hear he is helping the fine folks of Nebraska, especially Ms. Kathy.
Hey, Cinnamon! how are you? I missed you so much at the sockfest. Next year i will see you for sure!
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Folio New Resident
Posted 03-23-08 03:29 PM The bias against preebles is, I think, similar to a bias against cloning, and is deeply ingrained in the sock monkey culture. This has a great deal to do with the sock monkey's status as second class comfort creature in the American culture. Less famous than the teddy bear, and resentful of flashes in the pan phenoms like Beanie Babies, sock monkey culture has grown up around a notion of rugged individualism that places a high value on uniqueness rather than ubiquity. Many sock monkeys find themselves threatened by, say, the "Chinese" sock monkey or, as a recent example, the Mr. Magorium monkey because it encourages a viewpoint that one sock monkey is interchangeable with another sock monkey, or that all sock monkeys look alike.
However, this perception is to a real extent changing, I think, as generations of monkeys progress. Outlets like the Red Heel Message Board have provided a more even perspective on perceived threats like "the Chinese sock monkey" by showing many monks ingrained in their old beliefs that store bought monkey dolls can have personality and make a valuable contribution to our tapestry. Certainly very few monkeys I know on this board have bias against monkeys made out of non-Rockford socks, though Rockfords remain proud of their heritage.
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Minxie New Resident
Posted 03-23-08 03:37 PM We're here!
We're real!
Even though we have no rear heel!
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Benny Hathaway Permanent Resident
Posted 03-23-08 04:54 PM The more we learn about sock monkey communities, the more old prejudices against "preebles" fade. We met a GREAT monkey pack from Maryland at Rockford this year that consisted of a large number of what might have once been derogitorally called "Preebles" but we discovered that they were as snarky, obtuse, and infused with personality quirks as any old school up-or-down mouth.
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Posted 03-23-08 05:32 PM I was the first monkey ever at the Bull City Monkey Home (it wasn't even called that then). If it weren't for me, the other 54 sockosimians might not even have a home. This is a subject that is mentioned often in conversations which involve me.
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Folio New Resident
Posted 03-23-08 06:41 PM Indeed - how is a youngster supposed to gain an understanding for Sock Monkey heritage unless they get a sock monkey in the first place? And in most cases, this will either be a "modern mouth" or a monkey such as yourself, sock. You and your generation are a gateway ambassador to us all, and I for one thank you for it.
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quote:Folio wrote:
The magic of Overly, Munka, and Sally is that Overly was NOT made by machines, or even the same maker, but, however, they are obviously interrelated and a tight family unit. This evidence of the Great Grandma in action is a splendid argument for the great thread of being.
It's True! It's True! There is much specialness and mysteries in the becomingness of Munky, Overly and me. Munky and I were made by the same maker but not not not Overly! Can you see the Mysterys? We dint even know each other until we met at the Second Monkey Madness Festival! It is a Wonderment!
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quote:SUPERMONK! wrote:
I SUPERMONK! HAVE SAFELY LANDED IN THE HEARTLAND IN NEBRASKA. WE LIVE A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE MISOURI RIVER. THERE ARE LOTS OF MUNKEYS AROUND, AND KATHY HAS TAKEN ME TO THE BEAUTYSHOP CALLED TOTALLY KATHY'S TO MEET SOME OF THE TOWNFOLK. SOME OF THEM ALREADY KNOW ABOUT ME. I AM BECOMING FAMOUS HERE. EVERYONE IS SUPER NICE. PEOPLE STOP BY ALL THE TIME, I GET HUGGED A LOT, BY KATHY AND HER FRIENDS. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME PICTURES IN A FEW DAYS. KATHY SEEMS TO HAVE CHEERED UP A LOT SINCE I HAVE ARIVED. THE DOGS ARE NICE, AND SNUGGLE UP WITH ME A LOT. HAVE A HAPPY EASTER!
SUPERMONK!
EEEEEEEEEE! SUPEY! I am so glad you made it there safely. I knew you would since you can fly better than anywun I ever met before.
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SUPERMONK! Long Time Resident
Posted 03-25-08 09:41 PM HEY KNITTY!
I WILL PROMISE TO HUG VEL AND KATHY EVERY DAY!
KATHY WENT TO THE JUDGE TODAY AND SWARE! BUT SHE DID NOT SAY ANY NAUGHTY WORDS, SHE ASKED THE JUDGE TO GIVE HER BACK HER MAID NAME. NONE OF US KNEW THAT KATHY WAS A MAID, WE THOUGHT SHE WAS A HAIRDRESSER! SHE WAS SO HAPPY ALL DAY, SHE SAID SHE HAS STARTED A NEW PAGE IN HER LIFE. WE MONKEYS ARE ALL A BIT CONFUSED WHY KATHY IS SO HAPPY BEING A MAID, AND READING A NEW BOOK, BUT,,, WHATEVER PEELS YOUR BANANA, SHE'S SMILING AGAIN!
BART SAYS HI TO SALLY!
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Munce Welcome to the Red Heel!
Posted 03-26-08 03:12 AM Not just anyone can be a maid. You have to spend a lot of time on the floor poking around and under things and who knows if the HOOBAJOOB will come out?
I wouldn't be a maid unless I was armed with a pair of looooooooooong knitting needles.
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quote:Folio wrote:
Indeed - how is a youngster supposed to gain an understanding for Sock Monkey heritage unless they get a sock monkey in the first place? And in most cases, this will either be a "modern mouth" or a monkey such as yourself, sock. You and your generation are a gateway ambassador to us all, and I for one thank you for it.
Thank you, Folio. Thank you very much indeed.
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