<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419232" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I'm not an Ape Man</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Mankind has descended from monkeys'<br>I heard on the telly last week; <br>The scientists say that it's certain, <br>I say that I think they've a cheek.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Just because our design is so similar<br>To monkeys and apes and baboons; <br>I don't reckon those chimps in the advert'<br>Have a clue what to do with those spoons.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm not fooled by their lovable antics, <br>And the 'smiles' that play on their lips; <br>It's an insult to dress them like humans, <br>And force them to drink P.G. tips.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We sit them in front of a mirror<br>Like a schoolmaster would do a dunce, <br>Then say: 'yes they've got self awareness'<br>If they do not attack it at once.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If it's true we're descended from monkeys<br>Why is it there's some of them left, <br>Why is it there's still some evolving<br>And the world isn't monkey bereft? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">No, my mind is made up on the matter, <br>And it wasn't made up in a tree; <br>Let the scientist say what he wants to, <br>But he won't make a monkey of me! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Written Jan 1996</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Carter+Brown">John Carter Brown</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419232" data-title="I'm not an Ape Man de John Carter Brown" data-description="'Mankind has descended from monkeys' I heard on the telly last week; The scientists say that it's certain, I say that I think they've a cheek. Just because our design is so similar To monkeys and apes and baboons; I don't reckon those chimps i..."></div> </div> </div>

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