I don't know about that, but if God made the monkey for a joke it was certainly a success. If God had made the monkey for no other purpose than to create laughter it wouldn't have been a mistake. The lachrymal glands were placed in us for sorrow to play upon; we are commanded to "weep with those who weep." In antithesis to this the risable nerves were placed in us for mirthful music, and I pity the one who has broken the keys and cannot laugh.
I believe we owe the Irishman a vote of thanks for the ringing laughs he has sent around the world. An Irishman said to a rich English land-owner:
"Me Lord, I think the world is very unaqually divided; it should be portioned out and each one given an aqual share with ivery other one?"
The Englishman replied: "Well, Pat, if we were to divide today, in ten years I would have ten thousand pounds and you wouldn't have a shilling."
"Then we would divide again," said the Irishman.
On an electric car going out of New York City, a man, who occupied a seat next to the aisle, had a pet monkey in a cage on the seat with him, next to the window. An Irishman boarded the car and seeing all the seats taken he remained standing, holding on to a strap, when suddenly he spied the monkey in the cage. He immediately addressed the man who had the monkey:
"Sir, is that gintleman in the cage paying his fare? If not, I'd like to have the sate."
The owner of the monkey lifted the cage to his lap and moved over, giving the Irishman a seat.
"What's the nationality of that gintleman, anyway?" asked Pat.
By this time the other man was very much out of humor and said: "He's half ape and half Irish."