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Square Eyes
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I came home this afternoon to find a number of envelopes sat on the doormat. I brushed all the brown ones aside, and a red Parcelforce card caught my eye. Oh my god, it appears that Parcelforce have attempted to deliver my long awaited Monkey !!!
I quickly made a mess of the place, just so he'd feel at home after living with Al, hopped into the car and dashed to the Parcelforce depot. On the journey there I was wondering will Monkey accept me, after all, I'm not quite the size of Al, I would have to work on that by eating loads more crisps.
As I reached my destination, I went inside, rang the bell, and handed my little red card over. That must have been the longest 30 seconds of my life, what would the box look like ? would monkey be all cold and upset for being stuck in that depot ? would I look desperately sad in front of the very unattractive postal worker ?
Oh my god, she emerged, box in hand, with Monkey emblazoned all over it. Some interesting Monkey facts on the side of the box, a picture of Monkey - The Ultimate Tellyfriend on the front. On the back 'Now You can be like Al too' as it gives instructions on how to share the Al experience.
I rushed out of the parcel depot, my heart skipped a beat, as I wondered, shall I open now or later ? No, I decided it would be more appropriate to open the box, and introduce Monkey to familiar surroundings, sat on the armchair in front of the ITV Digital box. Best to break him in gently. As I drove home, got out of the car, a little old lady passed by looking curiously at what I had in my arms. I didn't want to tip her off that I had the much sought after monkey, so I made some excuse......'errrr, It's a Unicorn!!!'
As I opened the box, I was physically shaking, oh no, they've put him in a plastic bag, how would the poor mite survive ? Aaahh luckily it had holes in it ? And he was all squashed up, but as I took him out, my word....... he's just like the real thing. The stiching the head, the arms, the legs, it is..... it's Monkey. Complete with 'Sidekick T-shirt'.
Monkey looked a bit confused at first as I said the immortal word's 'Hello Munkeh'. Monkey looked around and said to me 'Hang on a minute, your not Al'. 'No' I said, but I do have an ITV Digital box, 'Oh well why didn't you say', he said. As I proceeded to switch it on (he can't use the remote obviously).
We immediately hit it off, but Monkey thinks that in order for him not to feel too homesick, that I will have to put 10 stone on. So we ate some crisps.
So, Monkey is very settled here at the moment, we will be playing Interactive Millionaire later on, obviously I'll be using the remote !! He did want to come on here and say hi to you all, but aas you know even the remote is beyond the capability of Monkey, let alone the keyboard !!!
I quickly made a mess of the place, just so he'd feel at home after living with Al, hopped into the car and dashed to the Parcelforce depot. On the journey there I was wondering will Monkey accept me, after all, I'm not quite the size of Al, I would have to work on that by eating loads more crisps.
As I reached my destination, I went inside, rang the bell, and handed my little red card over. That must have been the longest 30 seconds of my life, what would the box look like ? would monkey be all cold and upset for being stuck in that depot ? would I look desperately sad in front of the very unattractive postal worker ?
Oh my god, she emerged, box in hand, with Monkey emblazoned all over it. Some interesting Monkey facts on the side of the box, a picture of Monkey - The Ultimate Tellyfriend on the front. On the back 'Now You can be like Al too' as it gives instructions on how to share the Al experience.
I rushed out of the parcel depot, my heart skipped a beat, as I wondered, shall I open now or later ? No, I decided it would be more appropriate to open the box, and introduce Monkey to familiar surroundings, sat on the armchair in front of the ITV Digital box. Best to break him in gently. As I drove home, got out of the car, a little old lady passed by looking curiously at what I had in my arms. I didn't want to tip her off that I had the much sought after monkey, so I made some excuse......'errrr, It's a Unicorn!!!'
As I opened the box, I was physically shaking, oh no, they've put him in a plastic bag, how would the poor mite survive ? Aaahh luckily it had holes in it ? And he was all squashed up, but as I took him out, my word....... he's just like the real thing. The stiching the head, the arms, the legs, it is..... it's Monkey. Complete with 'Sidekick T-shirt'.
Monkey looked a bit confused at first as I said the immortal word's 'Hello Munkeh'. Monkey looked around and said to me 'Hang on a minute, your not Al'. 'No' I said, but I do have an ITV Digital box, 'Oh well why didn't you say', he said. As I proceeded to switch it on (he can't use the remote obviously).
We immediately hit it off, but Monkey thinks that in order for him not to feel too homesick, that I will have to put 10 stone on. So we ate some crisps.
So, Monkey is very settled here at the moment, we will be playing Interactive Millionaire later on, obviously I'll be using the remote !! He did want to come on here and say hi to you all, but aas you know even the remote is beyond the capability of Monkey, let alone the keyboard !!!