Help Me Out Here

This is the strangest thing I’ve seen all day.

Well, that’s not strictly true. But it’s true enough for our purposes. The thing is, I need to think of a religious reason for you to want it.

Uh . . . you . . . want to make some kind of point about creationism and evolution?

See no evil? And so forth?

You . . . uh . . . like the fact that these monkeys come in a 3-pack, kind of like the . . . never mind.

The catalog copy does mention flying nuns.

And — well, heck, maybe you’re just a monkey-worshipper. What do I know? That would make this definitely not the strangest thing I’d seen all day, but if you’re okay with that, we’re good to go.

[Rating: 47 out of 100]

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