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> Their fondness for animals. A multistory pet shop: canaries on the second floor, great apes at the top. A couple of years ago, a man was arrested on Fifth Ave
by akiselev 4y ago
> Their fondness for animals. A multistory pet shop: canaries on the second floor, great apes at the top. A couple of years ago, a man was arrested on Fifth Avenue for driving a giraffe around in his truck. He explained that his giraffe didn’t get enough air out in the suburbs where he kept it and that he’d found this to be a good way to get it some air. In Central Park, a lady brought a gazelle to graze. To the court, she explained that the gazelle was a person. “Yet it doesn’t speak,” the judge said. “Oh, yes, it speaks the language of lovingkindness.” Five-dollar fine. There’s also the three-kilometer tunnel under the Hudson and the impressive bridge to New Jersey.
Did he step through a door to Narnia or something? New York used to be wild!
Great apes, giraffe, gazelles!?
- IIAOPSW 4y agoI imagine the giraffe found the tall buildings and the people at eye level with it to be a splendid surprise. Though, it was less enthused with the prospect of trying to get around on the subway.
- noduerme 4y agoMy dad got a pet monkey in New York in the 1950s when he was a kid. Moishe the monkey. According to Dad, he used to walk the monkey around the park in the Bronx and introduce him to girls. (Translation: The monkey introduced my dad to girls.) The downside was the monkey made a complete mess of his parents' apartment and they ended up giving him away.