Ook-ook, Ladies

May I buy you gorgeous creatures a round of banana daiquiris? Because you’re definitely the most a-peel-ing things here tonight, heh-heh…


This pic was taken by a game camera in Borneo and shared on the Houston Zoo’s Twitter feed. Mr-r-r-r-owr!

54 comments … read them below or add one

  1. Theresa says:

    “Ook-ook”?

  2. Skip says:

    OMG, LOL!

  3. SlaveToCat says:

    If he is buying I’m drinking. HA!

  4. Nikki says:

    NTMTOM, this is HILARIOUS! I am totally cracking up over here at this absolutely perfect narration… :D

  5. The Original Jane says:

    Groan…all the ladies run the other way (except for the ones who’ve already had WAY too much too drink.

  6. Red Toenails says:

    Now that’s funny!

  7. Alice Shortcake says:

    All he needs is a 70s style gold medallion round his neck…

    • The Original Jane says:

      Plus a shiny shirt open to show his chest hairs and the medallion.

      • blair says:

        on him, a turtleneck would do it

      • Meaghan says:

        Make sure he oils his chest so the hairs are glistening.

        • Theresa says:

          Ewww.

          • Shari says:

            Back in my day, someone with a big medallion and shiny chest hair was In Like Flynn. Add the winning, toothy smile of this guy, minus the “ook-ook”? There’s no telling the damage he coulda done.

            I don’t know any of this from *personal* experience, mind you. I just read a lot of history. (embarrassed cough, furtive looks over shoulder.)

          • Theresa says:

            Let me tell you, from now on, I am going to insist on an “ook-ook.”

          • Alice Shortcake says:

            I think we should all be deeply, deeply disturbed by the direction in which this conversion is going. It makes Mr “Playgirl Centrefold” Koala of last week look positively innocent.

    • Ali-Baba says:

      Maybe he could use a cocoa tin lid like Granville did on Open All Hours

  8. Violet says:

    I’ve dated worse.

  9. MissMinerva says:

    I never would have thought that an animal could “leer”! Funny and frightening at the same time :-)

  10. murkle46 says:

    Whats YOUR sign,baby?

    • Leilani says:

      Obviously, this little he-man . . . er, simian . . . was born in the Year of the Monkey!

  11. Martha in Washington says:

    “Did you hurt yourself when you fell?” ;)

  12. Leilani says:

    Actually, he looks a lot like Rocky Rococco.

  13. Gigi says:

    Hello! Don’t I know you? I’m sure we’ve met before. Can I buy you a banana and we’il try to figure it out together.

  14. Fird Birfle says:

    erm…I don’t know ’bout YOU ALL, but MY response to this (?) guy
    seems to be my particular, internal response to this (?) guy’s “moves” …..
    mebbe I’m just too judgmental???

  15. pickums1283 says:

    lol words cannot describe how much I love this picture

  16. MusicFan87 says:

    There are two possibilities in this photo:
    1. Monkey has discovered the camera, knows what it is for, and is totally posing. “I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.”
    2. Monkey sees his reflection in the glass of the camera, and likes what he sees. Joey Tribiani from “Friends” was mentioned earlier. Does anyone remember when he saw himself in the mirror, he would even say to himself: “How YOU doin’?”
    Eithe

    • MusicFan87 says:

      Either option, this monkey is awesome. (Whoops! My cell phone keyboard wigged out and posted before I finished typing.)

  17. As great as any pick up line is, I find that I am more easily won by nerdy pick up lines.

    *Ahem* “There are 206 bones in the human body. Want one more?” or “Hey baby, your phasers must be set to stunning.” or my very favorite, “I forgot my library card, but do you mind if I check you out?”

    • Queen of Dork says:

      Okay:

      1) That pick up line is delightfully gross. Has anybody actually said that to you?

      2) Your name is astoundingly fabulous!!

      3) I’m trying to make up some pick up line that is equally disgusting as the one you posted but I can’t think of anything.

      • 1. Sadly, I never was much for clubs and bars. I was lucky enough to meet my husband at a wedding. So, I must confess that I cannot recall ever having to fend off a really real pick up line. The husband, though, makes me laugh every now and then by sharing pick up lines he’s…well…picked up. Because it’s him, I find it charming and funny.

        2. Thanks. I am very fond of my name. My maiden name is awesome. It is even awesomer for my sister who is an editor. An editor with the name of Pennefeather? She should be a character in a Dickens’ novel.

  18. Wolfie says:

    Is it just me, or does he look (and sound) like Wolowitz from the Big Bang Theory??

  19. kodalai says:

    “Hey, pal, what are YOU lookin’ at? You think this is funny, huh? You wanna make my day?”

  20. Megan says:

    Wow, wish I could find a guy with teeth like that. ha ha

  21. januaryfarmer says:

    What is the matter here? We have all met this guy at a bar, right? Is this possible?

  22. sugitomo says:

    He’s like Christopher Walken as The Continental.

  23. sus says:

    “Ook-ook” .. would that be the Librarian from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series ..
    but he was an orangutan ..

  24. Olive says:

    I was in the middle of answering the phone at work when this picture loaded, and I had to stifle a giggle! Hahaha