Season 9 ~ Episode #17 - - - 7 Things Most People Get Wrong

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on February 2, 2016 at 12:16pm

WHY DOESN'T CURIOUS GEORGE HAVE A TAIL? Many folks have theories . . .

http://babytealeaves.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-doesnt-curious-george...

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071112054242AAZ1eqz

http://www.answers.com/Q/Why_doesn%27t_Curious_George_have_a_tail

. . . but only VIKI knows the official answer:

Monkeys

George is not a monkey, George is clearly a juvinile chimp. Why is it that this is not mentioned on the main page?

I don't know when the above question was asked, but the main page now says that George was a chimp. But no source is cited for this. He is identified in every book that I can get my hands on as a monkey. He does seem to have more ape characteristics than monkey characteristics, but there's no reason to expect that he should resemble any species in the real world (he doesn't look like a chimp to me). From the books, I'd say he's some imaginary species of tailless monkey. I think any other claim needs a citation (or else be considered original work). Leonard of Vince (talk) 01:17, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

I changed "chimp" back to "monkey" for the obvious reason you mentioned. George is always referred to as a monkey in the books, regardless of what some people may believe he should be, or would be if he were real. Besides, the person who changed "monkey" to "chimp" also added "washing" after George's name and the mysterious word "wtonith" in the same sentence.--Dwimble (talk) 08:11, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Many monkeys (particularly macaques) are tailless, like George. George does look a bit like a macaque (although maybe not quite as hairy) and is about the right size. Stonemason89 (talk) 22:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't understand which of CG's features are supposedly more ape-like than monkey-like. First of all, CG is imaginary, so there's no requirement for him to exactly match a particular existing species. But even if we set that issue aside, CG has short brown fur, not long black fur like African non-human great apes (chimps, bonobos, gorillas) nor very long orange fur (orangutans). He doesn't have quite the right hairdoo for a chimp either (i.e., not parted in the middle). CG's ears are smaller and more flattened back than a juvenile chimp's. CG has about the right hair color, hairdoo and ears for a gibbon ape, but CG's arms are way too short for him to be a gibbon. Overall, CG seems more physically similar to a tailless macaque than to existing apes. Unless somebody has a convincing argument for why CG is more similar to an ape, I think we should afford the books' authors some artistic license and accept without comment in the intro section that CG is an imaginary species of tailless monkey resembling a Barbary macaque (or perhaps a Japanese macaque).Retroid (talk) 19:23, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on February 2, 2016 at 12:58pm

The Mandela Effect: alternate memories / alternate realities

Fiona Broome (2010)

FAQs

The following are among the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) at this website, with brief answers to resolve those questions.

1. What is the Mandela Effect?

It refers to apparently real, alternate memories of a history that doesn’t match the documented history in this reality.

2. What causes the Mandela Effect?

I haven’t a clue. So far, most people seem to think it’s either a “slide” to an alternate reality, or we’re in a holodeck that’s experiencing a few glitches.

Right now, it’s all speculation. See the Sitemap for my related articles. Also, many of the best answers from this community are in comments at the Theories page. (Those comments will be reorganized for easier reading, later in 2016.)

K-ModPermalink Reply by Victoria (Centauromadoose) on February 5, 2016 at 1:17pm

In the Good Mythical More, Link says they've talked about the story of the 3 flat tires before -- but I don't remember ever hearing it. He then also said, "You have to dig for it [the story]." Does anyone know if it was something they told in an old Kast, or something?

K-ModPermalink Reply by Kevin (UniSeal) on February 5, 2016 at 8:25pm

If I've heard it, I don't remember it. I'm also fairly certain it's not in a Kast, at least not one of the recorded ones. There were a few that went unrecorded, so perhaps it was lost there.

K-ModPermalink Reply by Victoria (Centauromadoose) on February 5, 2016 at 11:12pm

Darn. I figured if anyone knew, it would be you or Gumbo!

K-ModPermalink Reply by Kevin (UniSeal) on February 6, 2016 at 2:37pm

We can still hope that Gumbo knows it. I'd rank him quite above me on the R&L Trivia-Master scale.