thought this was so funny it needed its own thread. burst out loud laughing in work.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/10/Floridian/Bad_gorilla__Koko_Bad.shtml
Three former caretakers for Koko the "talking" gorilla contend in a lawsuit that they were ordered to flash their breasts at the ape to satisfy a simian nipple fetish. On one occasion, the lawsuit says, Gorilla Foundation president Francine "Penny" Patterson told the gorilla, "Koko, you see my nipples all the time. You are probably bored with my nipples. You need to see new nipples."
It gets better, here's a web chat done with koko (who can communicate with sign language) and her handler:
PENNY: Hey, Cutie. (Penny swivels Koko's chair around so they face each other.) Let me explain what we're doing.
KOKO: Fine.
PENNY: We're going to be on the phone with a lot of people who are going to ask us questions . . .
KOKO: Nipple.
PENNY: . . . about you and about me. . . . Lots of people.
* * *
AOL: Question: Do you like to chat with other people?
PENNY: Koko, do you like to talk to people?
KOKO: Fine nipple.
PENNY: Yes, that was her answer. "Nipple" rhymes with "people," Okay? She doesn't sign "people" per se, so she may be trying to do a "sounds like . . ." but she indicated it was "fine."
KOKO: Give-me. (For more treats.)
* * *
AOL: Tell us about the Maui preserve, what you're hoping to do?
KOKO: Mouth give-me. (Indicating food Penny is taking from her pocket.)
PENNY: Our dream is to establish a preserve on 70 acres of . . .
KOKO: Give-me.
PENNY: . . . land donated on West Maui by Maui Land & Pineapple . . .
KOKO: Me.
PENNY: . . . Company . . .
KOKO: This nipple.
PENNY: This is something I'm talking about, but it hasn't happened. And the reason we haven't been able to make it happen yet is . . .
KOKO: Give-me.
PENNY: . . . that we're trying very hard to raise the money that it will take to build the preserve and make it habitable for them. That's going to take about $7-million, and we're less than half way there. So we're hoping that corporations, the public at large, foundations will help us with that project. And we are now approaching them and asking, so we're asking here, too.
KOKO: Hurry give-me mouth nipple.
* * *
KOKO: Candy hurry . . . candy.
PENNY: She'll probably be very pleased to have her dinner. She's asking me for "candy" right now. After dinner.
KOKO: Candy hurry.
PENNY: She has vegetables for dinner . . . raw vegetables . . .
KOKO: Nipple.
PENNY: Yes, like a big salad.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/10/Floridian/Bad_gorilla__Koko_Bad.shtml
Three former caretakers for Koko the "talking" gorilla contend in a lawsuit that they were ordered to flash their breasts at the ape to satisfy a simian nipple fetish. On one occasion, the lawsuit says, Gorilla Foundation president Francine "Penny" Patterson told the gorilla, "Koko, you see my nipples all the time. You are probably bored with my nipples. You need to see new nipples."
It gets better, here's a web chat done with koko (who can communicate with sign language) and her handler:
PENNY: Hey, Cutie. (Penny swivels Koko's chair around so they face each other.) Let me explain what we're doing.
KOKO: Fine.
PENNY: We're going to be on the phone with a lot of people who are going to ask us questions . . .
KOKO: Nipple.
PENNY: . . . about you and about me. . . . Lots of people.
* * *
AOL: Question: Do you like to chat with other people?
PENNY: Koko, do you like to talk to people?
KOKO: Fine nipple.
PENNY: Yes, that was her answer. "Nipple" rhymes with "people," Okay? She doesn't sign "people" per se, so she may be trying to do a "sounds like . . ." but she indicated it was "fine."
KOKO: Give-me. (For more treats.)
* * *
AOL: Tell us about the Maui preserve, what you're hoping to do?
KOKO: Mouth give-me. (Indicating food Penny is taking from her pocket.)
PENNY: Our dream is to establish a preserve on 70 acres of . . .
KOKO: Give-me.
PENNY: . . . land donated on West Maui by Maui Land & Pineapple . . .
KOKO: Me.
PENNY: . . . Company . . .
KOKO: This nipple.
PENNY: This is something I'm talking about, but it hasn't happened. And the reason we haven't been able to make it happen yet is . . .
KOKO: Give-me.
PENNY: . . . that we're trying very hard to raise the money that it will take to build the preserve and make it habitable for them. That's going to take about $7-million, and we're less than half way there. So we're hoping that corporations, the public at large, foundations will help us with that project. And we are now approaching them and asking, so we're asking here, too.
KOKO: Hurry give-me mouth nipple.
* * *
KOKO: Candy hurry . . . candy.
PENNY: She'll probably be very pleased to have her dinner. She's asking me for "candy" right now. After dinner.
KOKO: Candy hurry.
PENNY: She has vegetables for dinner . . . raw vegetables . . .
KOKO: Nipple.
PENNY: Yes, like a big salad.
