You start with a cage containing four monkeys, and inside the cage you hang a banana on a string, and then you place a set of stairs under the banana. Before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb toward the banana.
You then spray ALL the monkeys with cold water.
After a while, another monkey makes an attempt. As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray ALL the monkeys with cold water again. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.
Now, put away the cold water, remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new monkey. The new monkey sees the banana and attempts to climb the stairs. To his shock, ALL of the other monkeys beat the stuffing out of him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original four monkeys, replacing it with a new monkey. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm — because he is now part of the “team.”
Then, replace a third original monkey with a new monkey, followed by a fourth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.
Now, the monkeys who are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs. Neither do they know why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. Having replaced all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, not one of the monkeys will try to climb the stairway for the banana.
Why, you ask? Because in their minds, that is the way it has always been!
This is how today’s House and Senate operates, and this is why, from time to time, ALL of the monkeys need to be REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME!
DISCLAIMER: This is meant as no disrespect to monkeys.
WaitingMan over 8 years ago
… and the bartender says, “C’mon guys. Life isn’t all black and white.”
PICTO over 8 years ago
Were they looking for the bar nun…?
thirdguy over 8 years ago
and the bartender says, “Only one of you is dressed properly, the other two hafta leave.”
J Short over 8 years ago
The Bartender says, “Is this some kind of joke?”
Joken' over 8 years ago
Did you here the one about the ugly bartender?
Strider Keninginne Premium Member over 8 years ago
With emphasis on ‘moronic’ in Roz’s eyes.
ksu71 over 8 years ago
Termite walks in and asks “Where’s the bartender?”
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 8 years ago
Man walks in to a bar… Says “Ouch!!”
It was an iron bar.
Mowog over 8 years ago
Two men walked into a bar, but the third man ducked.
news_techren over 8 years ago
Davy Crockett walks into a b’ar…
neverenoughgold over 8 years ago
Psychology 101 – Behavior modification
You start with a cage containing four monkeys, and inside the cage you hang a banana on a string, and then you place a set of stairs under the banana. Before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb toward the banana.
You then spray ALL the monkeys with cold water.
After a while, another monkey makes an attempt. As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray ALL the monkeys with cold water again. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.
Now, put away the cold water, remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new monkey. The new monkey sees the banana and attempts to climb the stairs. To his shock, ALL of the other monkeys beat the stuffing out of him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original four monkeys, replacing it with a new monkey. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm — because he is now part of the “team.”
Then, replace a third original monkey with a new monkey, followed by a fourth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.
Now, the monkeys who are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs. Neither do they know why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. Having replaced all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, not one of the monkeys will try to climb the stairway for the banana.
Why, you ask? Because in their minds, that is the way it has always been!
This is how today’s House and Senate operates, and this is why, from time to time, ALL of the monkeys need to be REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME!
DISCLAIMER: This is meant as no disrespect to monkeys.
sjlowens over 8 years ago
The cartoon is the essence of Shoe and is the reason I finish my run of comics and start every day with Shoe.