ANNOUNCEMENTS

Primate Nooz apologizes again and this time we really mean it. Alright, we admit it, we're stumped.  We're floored, we're bamboozled, we're at a loss.  We just don't understand how another infantile reference to some bogus article supposedly written by Chris Shaw managed to weasel its way into our 'Recommended Reading' section.   We can't figure out how it could have passed through our security and gotten into the paper.  And so, with the threat of further legal action hanging over us, we have taken stern measures to rectify the situation. The new editor of the 'Recommended Reading' section has been demoted to 'Adverts and Personals,' and we have invited Mr. Christopher Shaw himself to take over the position.  We are pleased to announce that he has accepted and will begin immediately.  Maybe he can put an end to this nasty business once and for all, and also he might be too busy to sue us.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Sir Arthur Baslington Chillingford Streebs-Watley, B.D.S. (1883).  “My Adventures Among the Giant Nose-Eaters of Senegal, Wherein I Lost My Best Hat.”  National Conservation Weekly,  527:79-120.  *****

Leif Englanberg and Olaf Petersen  (1953).  Two Came Back.  Viking Press, Reykjavik.  *****

Dr. Polly Popkin  (1986).  Being a Primate and Liking It.  Harcourt Brace, New York.  *****

Sir Ian Spotswood Allenby Crofford-Wiggles  (1988). Monkeys of the Dingle Peninsula.  West Galway Press, Galway.  *****

Sir Ian Spotswood Allenby Crofford-Wiggles  (1990). Pre-Roman Anthropoids of Britain and West Europe, in 3 vols. Royal Dublin Publishing Co., Dublin.  *****

Christopher Shaw  (1988).  “Being the 'Recommended Reading' Editor for Primate Nooz Can Be a Tricky Business.” Reader's Digest,  887:12-28.  **

Dear Editor,
      I have been kept prisoner in a concrete-floored cage for over fifteen years.  Every day I am the subject of unpleasant experiments and increasingly intellectually-difficult tests.  I have already learned six thousand signs in ASL and can type, build and operate a small computer, and play the violin. How much more do they want me to know?  My cat Candy and I want to go back to the forest. What can I do to regain my freedom?
                                                                              Koko
Dear 'Koko',
      Nothing.

Dear Editor,
      I'm a sportive lemur and she's a ringtail.  I'm nocturnal and she's diurnal.  She loves to forage during the day and sleep at night.  I like going places when it's dark and then lying around all day.  We're just a crazy mixed-up couple.  I know it's wierd, but is there any way we can be happy together.
                                                                            Puzzled
Dear 'Puzzled',
      You've summed up the situation pretty well.  Have you tried adopting a diel or crepuscular lifestyle?  If this fails, you can perhaps be nocturnal one week and diurnal the next.  And there's always the possibility that you're just with the wrong pri-“mate.”  In any case, good luck!