monkeys you should know

Ingrid posted a picture of a Spock Monkey the other day and I fell in love with him.
When I clicked back through the links I found many many sock monkeys who need homes.
I thought we could look at them together -




This is Joan. Little Joanie likes to collect stamps and play checkers.
Her favorite drink is root beer. She could use a hat.




Phyllis is just back from a cruise. She plays a lot of Bingo. Someone needs to tell her not to go so heavy with the lipstick. She's on "medication."



Cliff works as a rodeo clown. He likes his job but is thinking of retiring soon.



Evan is old. And blind. He's into jazz. He likes good cigars. He was a sailor.



Patrick is wearing his Sunday best. He'd like to take you out for lunch.
Just look at his expression.



Reginald is the nicest sock monkey you could ever hope to meet. He drives a cab and loves ham.



Chauncey is from Bermuda.



Margie likes to walk, in the mornings, with her girlfriends - at the mall. She is going to have some oral surgery next week but she's not worried about it. She likes romance novels.



Lewis is friends with Margie. He likes to go out dancing.



Here's another shot of him. He's an excellent cook.



Rick is a retired electrician.
He likes to garden.



I like his boots.

Whenever anyone has a baby, or knows someone who has a baby, Gloria knits a gift for them.



She loves Jell-o.



Piggsy is always smiling. He drives a school bus and everyone notices how happy he is every single day. He has the patience of a saint.



Etta teaches dance at the Y. She does not have the patience of a saint. Year after year of tap dancing, ballet posing, jazzercising students will sap anyone of patience.

And then we come to those sock monkeys who have been dressed in Star Trek costumes, and FORCED to wear wigs. It's a disgrace to both the Star Trek actors and the monkeys themselves (in my opinion). However, I could see how they might be the perfect gift for the sock monkey loving Star Trek geek in your life.



Kirk: the dark hair dye years.



Kirk: the Pon Far episode.



Kirk mesmerized by an intergallactic beauty.



Kirk from The Trouble With Tribbles.

Finally, we see the Spock Monkeys.
None of them are a perfect Spock per se - but a couple of them do come close.



I appreciate the eyebrows and stern look of this one.

But this one holds some promise -



I believe his expression is most Nimoyesque, if you will.

Of course this one,



merely looks like someone dressed up as Leonard Nimoy AS SPOCK. But there you are.
It is, perhaps, the most ironic of all the choices.

One would be obliged to point out that this one



has just gone over the top.

Of course, the monkey I love best would be this one -



I'm smitten.

I would encourage any or all of you to make one of these lovely monkeys your personal pet.
They are available at cottagelinen.com.

Do not think highly of me for pleading their case.
Glove dogs?



Have no place in my heart.