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So we're a bit sad here on Monkey Island. Very few trick-or-treaters showed up to get stuff on Halloween. So now we're stuck with almost full boxes of Fudge Stripe Cookies, Pretzels, and assorted chips. WAIT!?! Is that really a bad thing? Okay, we're happy again!! |
I hear ya, Monkeyshines 🍌
🙈🙉🙊  ! I myself "only" bought 4 bags of candy. As it turns out, I could have bought just the smallest one - and still had plenty of snacks left over. Sigh... |
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| Living in a rural setting, we don't get many trick-or-treaters, just a few locals. This year, however, not a single person showed up. |
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| Enjoy the sampling. |
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So, yesterday we asked about Flying Monkeys, and we got a few varied answers from the WdC brain trust. We decided to test the theory by launching patas monkeys, which can reach speeds over 30 mph, off the Bluffs here on Monkey Island. We found out they glided, much like the Wright Bro's Flyer, pretty far. They were pretty annoyed by having to swim back to the Island. Speaking of swimming, what is the largest land mammal that swims? Points only if you make us snort our Root Beer through our noses!! Post here on the Newsfeed!! |
| If we count mammals descended from things that used to live on land, blue whale. Extinct critters? Ambulocetus was pretty good at swimming, a mammal and very large. |
| The immense Sumo wrestler Yuto Not quite the size of Pluto created a wake, a tsunami, a current shift while swimming the North Pacific Drift. |
Today's Interesting Thought Was Inspired By: Hello Dad  Our source for "Kid-Friendly Facts"  Here's what we're wondering? Based on the air across the wings speed of the Wright Brothers Flyer, if we could attach aerodynamic wings to the fastest monkey, would we create flying monkeys? This is, of course, theoretical, because Ninja Monkeys are too slow and lazy to catch the fastest of our species. But we'll pay you 200 GPs for a correct answer in our EMAIL. Monkeyshines 🍌 🙈🙉🙊  Click on the envelope! Thanks For Playing!! There Ya' Go WebWiԎch is Thankful |
WebWiԎch is Thankful  - The only day I will do it. Thr other days if it deserves care I use cry on your posts. I think either Charles or Elycia I need to do the same too. |
As always, Robert Waltz inspired us to go off on a tangent, do some research, pest Richard until he looked stuff up for us. We discovered that many different animals were part of the space race. So many that we decided to make a Word Search to keep WebWiԎch is Thankful busy, BTW, we didn't get any turkey!!
Hope You Enjoy This Word Search!! |
Here Is The Answer To Yesterday's Ninja Monkey Quiz! Who Were The First Animals Into Space? Fruit flies (1947): These were the first living organisms intentionally put into space on a V2 rocket from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Albert II (1949): The American rhesus monkey Albert II became the first mammal and primate in space on a suborbital flight. Laika (1957): A stray dog from Moscow, Laika was the first animal to orbit the Earth aboard the Soviet Sputnik 2. Sadly, none of these early space travelers survived their journey. Thank you Robert Waltz for edumacating us with a new fact! A small black-and-white Parisian stray, Félicette, flew on a French rocket on a sub-orbital mission in October 1963 that reached an altitude of 154km, taking her to a place where no feline had gone before – or since. Happily, Félicette survived her trip into space, preceding Data's Spot by several centuries! |
| I would like to propose an Honorable Mention for Félicette, the first and (so far) only cat in space, who was launched as part of the French (yes, French) space program. In contrast to these other early pioneers, she survived a return to Earth. She's honored with a suitable memorial in her home country. |
Time for A Ninja Monkey Quiz This might be tougher than you think! Here's the Question: What was the very first animal sent into space? No Cheating With Google!! Answer in the comment section. Correct answers get 500 Gift Points, Wrong guesses get 100 Gift Points, and Sharing Gets 200 Gift Points. Be sure to tag {huser:ninjamonkey} in your post so we see your share! |
| Wasn't it Mutnik (dog) that was the first spacecraft to carry an animal? |
Friendly Neighborhood Derg  - It was a dog called Laika that Orbited earth and a monkey was the first mammal to reach space, was called Albert ll BOTH DIED ON THEIR MISSIONS |
So, the Anniversary Week Bash is over on WDc! But on Monkey Island, The Party never stops!! We found this word search while we were exploring Edgar Allan Poe's room at UVA.
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Is still open for business! Richard had morning and afternoon juries yesterday; today, he has late afternoon and evening sessions. He keeps saying something about waiting for the other shoe to drop! |
 Beware Ninja Monkeys Bearing Gifts!   Before Richard 😀🎵 heads south for his dopey music gig, we've given him some tasks he can preload, that we can post easily! We made a Trinkey for everyone! Also, don't tell him, but we just might make a surprise appearance at those auditions. What instrument do you think we should try out on? You Can Choose From This List!!
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Fast Post Today, we're about to get on the plane with Richard! Leger~SoGrateful was lucky number 88 today, and she won today's Merit Badge
Trinkey To Follow!! Don't tell Richard, We Stowed Away on the plane. |
Somebody call Webby!
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| So The Dice Have Been Tossed, And The Winner Of,
Day 4 Has Been Chosen! Four Days In And We Have Four Winners! Day 1 - JASmith Day 2 - WebWiԎch is Thankful On hold until 9/8 for CR - Needs to Pick Badge Day 3 - Jellyfish On hold until 9/8 for CR - Needs to Pick Badge Day 4 - Witchy Woman Congratulations to the winners! In the Spirit of Giving, We Have A Special Deal For The WdC Birthday Party: If You Purchase 5 Tickets (4000 Gift Points) For Another Member, We Will Give You Two Tickets!  There is no limit. Gift as many members as you'd like, you get two tickets for every five you give. The only limitation is ONLY THE FIRST FIVE TICKETS TO EACH MEMBER COUNT!! We want the Gift shared as far as possible One Last Gift — If You Share This Note On The Newsfeed, We'll Give You One Ticket!  Raw WriteML in the Comments |
| So The Dice Have Been Tossed, And The Winner Of,
Day 3 Has Been Chosen! Three Days In And We Have Three Winners! Day 1 - JASmith Day 2 - WebWiԎch is Thankful On hold until 9/8 for CR - Needs to Pick Badge Day 3 - Jellyfish On hold until 9/8 for CR - Needs to Pick Badge Congratulations to the winners! In the Spirit of Giving, We Have A Special Deal For The WdC Birthday Party: If You Purchase 5 Tickets (4000 Gift Points) For Another Member, We Will Give You Two Tickets! There is no limit. Gift as many members as you'd like, you get two tickets for every five you give. The only limitation is ONLY THE FIRST FIVE TICKETS TO EACH MEMBER COUNT!! We want the Gift shared as far as possible One Last Gift — If You Share This Note On The Newsfeed, We'll Give You One Ticket!  Raw WriteML in the Comments |
Man, Richard 😀🎵 really had his head up his Trombone! But we're here to fix it now. This is our very first exclusive Merit Badge ![Merit Badge in Say What!?!
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Congratulations on your new merit badge! Thank you for supporting the Writing.Com community with your inspirations, participation and activities. We sincerely appreciate it! -SMs](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-Say_What=33=63=33-2343071_11.gif) You Can Either Win "Say What?" or Buy Him — To make it easy we created this forum (because Richard was being lazy)
Go there to buy tickets or purchase the badge! Anonymous Ticket Purchases May Be Emailed To Monkeyshines 🍌 🙈🙉🙊 Proceeds Automatically Go To "Ninja Monkey Headquarters" - And Will Be Used For Ninja Monkey Hijinks.Oops!! Here's Todays Trinkey!  |
So Yesterday We Posted This Note: "Note: This afternoon, WdC time, the Ninja Monkeys ha..." Everything is still going, so we won't bore you by repeating it! There was only one entry for the raffle today, so JASmith won the Merit Badge! Do you wanna win A Badge? Ya' Gotta Be In It To Win IT!  |
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