Joke for the Day. Clever Animals.

      Clever Animals.

In Britain there are a lot of jokes about animals and one theme of these is that animals are more intelligent than they really are. 

There are jokes about horses that can talk, repair cars and play cricket, and jokes about dogs who read or drive. 

Intelligent talking animals appear in many British folk stories and legends and some folklorists claim that there is a connection.

In most cultures animals are given the same human characteristics- Foxes are sly/cunning, owls are wise, snakes are treacherous, pigs are greedy, donkeys and mules are stubborn or obstinate.

These animals feature in many English similes using the pattern- 

as... + adj as a + animal... 

e.g: as strong as an ox, as brave as a lion. 

Anyway...

A police officer came upon a terrible crash where the driver and passengers had been 

killed. As he looked upon the wreckage a little monkey came out of the brush and 

hopped around the crashed car. The officer looked down at the monkey and said:

"I wish you could talk." 

The monkey looked up at the officer and shook his head up and down. 

"You can understand what I'm saying?" asked the officer. 

Again, the monkey shook his head up and down. 

"Well, did you see this?" 

"Yes," motioned the monkey. 

"What happened?" 

The monkey pretended to have a can in his hand and turned it up by his mouth. 

"They were drinking?" asked the officer. 

"Yes." 

"What else?" 

The monkey pinched his fingers together and held them to his mouth. 

"They were smoking marijuana?" 

"Yes." 

"Now wait, you're saying your owners were drinking, and smoking marijuana before they crashed." 

"Yes." 

"What were you doing during all this?" 

"Driving" motioned the monkey.