There's always One

December, 2005 :

We have an ongoing saga here at the salt mines, seems like we’re all bad monkeys at some point of the year, however, we all take great internal happiness in not being THE bad monkey.

Hopefully, there’s always one who is badder than the rest of us, one who has the major focus of angry attention directed at it and although we have empathy for this particular monkey, we will do little to alleviate it’s elevated status on the naughty meter.

It is better for the group that THE bad monkey remains THE bad monkey.

Hail THE bad monkey.

It’s sacrifice helps us all.

Mind you, when THE bad monkey is banished to the forest, we’ll need another.

Sharpish.