My most favorite epithet these days
whether it be directed at drivers, shoppers, customers, employers is “Monkeys”.
This is because it is my opinion- and the official position of the Catholic Church- that all creatures evolve- it is part of the Creator’s plan and the evidence of that plan being complex is overwhelming.
So when I say “Monkeys” it is because I suspect the objects of my scorn are less evolved- in some cases barely tool-using, but in many cases only a generation or so away from brachiating, and even now, a genetic mis-step could take them right back to the trees.
Current theory in anthropology is that Neanderthal man died out, out-competed by Cro Magnon Man. I think Neanderthal just blended in. That guy with the sloping forehead who takes off his shirt and looks like he’s still wearing one, that’s homo neanderthalensis nova right there, one or two steps closer to our simian cousins than you or I.
That describes my optometrist perfectly.
Could explain his ability to hurl wood.
I use Fudge Monkeys myself.
I tend to agree with Ed also about the slow erosion of the neanderthal. Who knows they might have like CM women too.
Spent a fair amount of time in the Neander Valley. The ladies there have that savoire faire. Giggity.
Not my circus, not my monkeys…