Flying monkey

Don't you hate it when a parachuting monkey flies by your window when you're trying to watch football?

I do because then I become distracted, and can no longer focus on the game at hand. Because of Tyler, I'm trying to become a Broncos fan — but I'm only succeeding as a pseudo-fan. My real team is the 49ers (way to go 1-5 ), and so far the only conflict is that London game, or if we happen to meet in the Super Bowl.

So to get back to the monkey: I was watching the Broncos' game — at the point when pass interference was called in the fourth quarter — when I saw something fly by the window. After further investigation, I determined that drunk Broncos fans were throwing a stuffed animal monkey attached to a homemade parachute off the top floor. This excited Aspen and Moses because it looked like a flying squirrel.

After a handful of tosses to see how far the monkey could drift, the plastered posse picked up the parachuting primate and went on their merry way to another place to drink.

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