2002-05-04 Man would not be a fifth type of monkey, but a fifth type of Ape. As I explained, monkeys have tails, apes and man do not. We are genetically very close to apes, and apes are close to us in many ways. But monkeys are very, very distant. I do not know why people confuse monkeys with apes.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-05-04 21:41 Subject: [USMA:19911] Fwd: Re: Off Topic: UK election results > Hi John > > You missed the 5th type of monkey in your list. > Its MAN (homo-sapien), we hold on to weird ifp > units just like a monkey holds the tree branch. > > Madan > > --- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [USMA:19910] Re: Off Topic: UK election > > results > > Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 20:53:38 -0400 > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 2002-05-04 > > > > It is hard to tell from the pictures, but if H'Angus > > does not have a tail, > > then he isn't a monkey at all. Monkeys have tails. > > If he doesn't have a > > tail, then he would be an ape. There are many > > difference between apes and > > monkeys, but the tail is the main difference. There > > are 4 types of apes: > > Chimpanzees, Gibbons, Gorillas, and Orang-utans. He > > looks like he could be > > a chimp. But, without seeing the backside, one can > > not tell. > > > > John > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, 2002-05-03 16:00 > > Subject: [USMA:19882] Re: Off Topic: UK election > > results > > > > > > > The monkey has the pun name: H'Angus. > > > > > > His manifesto includes: "Better sports facilities > > and more activities > > > for the town's youngsters feature strongly in > > H'Angus's manifesto, along > > > with a pledge to reduce the number of councillors. > > He has also promised > > > free bananas for all schoolchildren during their > > break." > > > (UK children used to get free milk) > > > > > > > > > Local article > > > > > > http://www.hartlepool-mail.co.uk/newsstory.asp?storyid=20677&arc=True > > > > > > BBC article > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1965000/1965569.stm > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Terry Simpson > > > Human Factors Consultant > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > www.connected-systems.com > > > Phone: +44 7850 511794 > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > http://health.yahoo.com >
