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Polonnaruwa haiku
Written by fellpony
27 February 2008
Fledermaus wrote:

So my dear woman,
You say you understand Man.
Explain him to me...


Study the temple
Polonnaruwa macaques:
humans without shells.

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Written by Fledermaus (3159 comments posted) 27th February 2008
Perhaps a good advice... Gosh, now I understand why they have animals around in some temples. Gazing at monkeys might explain a lot about humans.
Did you ever
Written by fellpony (1507 comments posted) 27th February 2008
Did you ever see a TV documentary by David Attenborough called "The Temple Troop"? The more I see of the young human male in urban life, the more parallels I see with the monkey tribes.

Written by Fledermaus (3159 comments posted) 27th February 2008
LOL. Probably so. I remember a discussion some of us students had after a course on ancient history: In the end we were comparing chimpanzees, the Indo-European warrior bands and present day street gangs to each other and the similarity was striking.

Written by Phil (6383 comments posted) 27th February 2008
Quote:
The more I see of the young human male in urban life, the more parallels I see with the monkey tribes.

 
Do macaques scowl as much? 
 
Phil

Written by Phil (6383 comments posted) 27th February 2008
Sorry, got sorry carried away using the quote thing - never done before - I forgot to comment on the work. 
 
Made me laugh, again. It did occur though - that I was perhaps reading more into this than you intended. 
 
Phil

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