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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Primate Nooz is pleased to announce that Mr. Chris Shaw is the winner of our most recent Nooz election for the former employee we'd most like to have back on our staff.  Mr. Shaw just nosed out Vijay Ahmadnagar, an ex-ink spreader who is now the official monkey catcher for the city of Bhawanipatna, India.  Mr. Shaw has happily agreed to become our West Coast correspondent and will submit reports to us from time to time as his busy and important schedule allows.  He will of course on an ad hoc basis continue to recommend good reading for anyone who makes such a request of him, so long as it is worded politely.  All he asks is that his name not be used in the 'Recommended Reading' section since he really considers his Reader's Digest articles to be a form of 'fluff' journalism not worthy of a respectable 'Recommended Reading' section such as the Nooz has.  We have passed along his request to Win Wing Wan, who has promised to honor it.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Win Wing Wan  (1988).  “Parthenogenesis and How To Tell If You Have It.” New China News Agency Science Bulletin and Wall Poster,  268:12-13.  *****

Eric Scotmeister Fleiglehaus  (1978). “Going down a monkey hole with nothing but a Swiss Army knife.” Unnatural History,  October, pp. 12-119.  *****

Senhor Teófilo Afonso Rosario Sobradinho (1986). My Life in the Ancient Ant-Strewn Amazon.  Jesus da Lapa Bros. Press, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.  *****

Christopher Shaw  (1989).  “Having a lot of time on your hands can be a tricky business.”  Reader's Digest,  894:27-35.  **

 
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Did you suffer from too little rain this year?  Did the monsoon pass you by? Are your habitats tinder dry, brown or scorched?  You either need a tropical depression, or me, or perhaps both.  I'll come out and seed the clouds over your habitat and have you singing in the rain in no time. Rates by the cloud or yearly.  Nick's Cloudseeding Service, 22 Main St., Hellmouth.

Lou's House of Leaves doesn't just have leaves anymore.  We have all kinds of tropical fruits too, like acerolas, litchis, mangos and mangosteens, rambutans, cherimoyas and durians.  Also rattan nuts in season, oilberries and gobo roots.  Our chef is a whiz at removing toxins.  Come in and find out. The first gobo root is always on the house.

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Dear Editor,
        Listen, what gives with this Great Apes and Lesser Primates business?  As one of the so-called 'lesser' primates, I'd like to know what's so great about those big apes.  Just because they have more robust canine teeth, broader premolars, a very broad ilium and a robust fibula, we're supposed to call them great? I mean, size isn't the only criteria that matters.  If it were, bigfoot would be really great!  So how about it? Wouldn't it be better if it were called the Anthropoids, Prosimians and Tarsiers Dinner?
A. Tarsier

Dear 'A',
        As you know, Professor Mitsuo Ohhohoho has been named the Chairman of the Committee for organizing this year's dinner, and we are forwarding your suggestion to him.  Frankly, we think it's nuts.

Dear Editor,
        When I gave my interview to the Nooz, I stated that Dr. Boué was trying to kill me. Of course, I was only speaking metaphorically.  It's my reputation he's trying to kill.  I mean, just because he writes this big deal article about some fossorial forest dwellers, why should he get all the credit?  My name was on that article too. He acts like the Makokou Study Area is his own private preserve. What would you suggest I do?
R.P. Maudlin-Jones

Dear 'R.P.'
        As you know, Dr. Boué will be visiting the Nooz later this year, and we will hold your provocative letter for his consideration.  Perhaps you shouldn't be here when he reads it.  Thanks for writing, but we'd just as soon not get involved.

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