Volume II • Issue 12• May 2005

Swat Monkey
by Tadd Branum

Hey, ‘sup.
 
So a lot has happened since we last spoke. We got a new Pope, Martha Stewart was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, and Coby got kicked off of Survivor: Palau . Really intense and important things, man. But let’s talk about the big story. The revolutionary new policing technique that everyone across the country is talking about.
 
The SWAT monkey.
 
That’s right. Sean Truelove -- I swear I’m not making this up -- a Special Weapons and Tactics “veteran” in Mesa, Arizona came up with the idea. He wants to train capuchin monkeys for hostage situations and the like. Not only does he want to put the black pajamas on Ross’s Marcel, he’s trying to get the Federal Government to pay for it. Truelove’s been researching the possibility of a $100,000 grant to train one. This funky cat says the notion of the Police Primate came to him in a dream. Do you suppose in this dream it was also dressed like a Catholic school girl, dancing provocatively? Just me? Okay.
 
I love this guy’s creativity. I think this could open the door for all kinds of zoological cooperatives. We could have pigeon traffic cops -- They could be fitted with little cameras on their legs, that way they could get those bastards that turn in front of you against the light even though they clearly see it’s red. Or they could be utilized in high speed chases for tracking purposes. The black and whites could fall back and let the pigeon covertly fly overhead until the perpetrator gets to his final destination. Just think about the sheer numbers! A whole flock of tracking pigeons?! You’d never fuckin’ escape those bitches! How about some goats for the Department of Sanitation? Those crazy things eat anything. Teach ‘em to walk the streets and eat litter. Give ‘em little uniforms with diapers built in and you’re covered.  I’m also working on a giraffe idea for the fire department. It seems so obvious, I just have to work out the logistics. And why stop with civilian agencies? I mean seriously. An honest to God Navy seal! That shit would be off the hizzook, yo! Those are some smart mothers too, right? They’d be all defusing underwater land mines and shit. We could be on the verge of something huge here people! Give that man a grant!!


Tadd Branum is obviously just full of... great ideas. Send him some of yours!

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