Before I forget it...
Jan. 15th, 2008 03:00 pm...I dreamt last night that I was trying to corral my nephew (in my dream ~ 8 years old) at the Worlds Fair and he kept running off so I didn't really have a chance to examine any of the exhibits up close.
I *do* remember passing by the India Pavilion, and for some reason there was a swordfighting performance in progress involving two men (one in a Victorian British Navy outfit and the other dressed like Ali Baba) fighting with about eight attackers. When they were on the verge of being overwhelmed Ali Baba gave a whistle and from offstage left about 200 *monkeys* attacked. The first wave was made up of baboons who charged on in like fullbacks, but it was the swarm of spider monkeys who made, sweartogod, 30-foot leaps onto the faces of the bad guys who really stole the show.
I will note that each monkey was in a miniature British Navy outfit.
I never did catch up with my nephew.
I *do* remember passing by the India Pavilion, and for some reason there was a swordfighting performance in progress involving two men (one in a Victorian British Navy outfit and the other dressed like Ali Baba) fighting with about eight attackers. When they were on the verge of being overwhelmed Ali Baba gave a whistle and from offstage left about 200 *monkeys* attacked. The first wave was made up of baboons who charged on in like fullbacks, but it was the swarm of spider monkeys who made, sweartogod, 30-foot leaps onto the faces of the bad guys who really stole the show.
I will note that each monkey was in a miniature British Navy outfit.
I never did catch up with my nephew.