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By: Trouble in Oz? « The Upstager

Trouble in Oz? « The Upstager — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:54:12 +0000

[...] The simian thespians are a native American species, the Kansas Flying Monkey (Volatilis monachus witchitatas), vast numbers of which once darkened the skies over the Great Plains. Pushed to the brink of extinction in the 19th Century by hunters and destruction of habitat, the winged monkeys have made something of a comeback in the last few decades, with the remaining flocks found only in the rugged Flint Hills region of Kansas. Read more about Kansas flying monkeys. [...]

By: Flying monkey | Amazing Flying Monkey

Flying monkey | Amazing Flying Monkey — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:23:44 +0000

[...] Eat Our Brains » Blog Archive » No Place Like It – I grew up in Kansas, and the Holiday Season prompts both childhood memories and a sense of devotion to my native soil. So I’d like to write a few words in defense and praise of the Sunflower State. It seems that most non-Kansans I meet … [...]

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:08:43 +0000

Here in Michigan you can’t find very many flying monkeys. But since most of my property it woods, I have seen a few. And as Brad says, their wings look amazing when the sun shines through them. I also go up to Traverse City every summer, but have only once seen the hard to spot sea monster. It comes from Lake Michigan disguised as a human and travels to the cherry festival, where it buys lots and lots of cherries, as they are its favorite food. It comes only for the opening day of the festival (the Saturday after the Fourth of July), and can only be spotted when it is swimming in the water, as it is fat, but swims gracefully and very fast.

By: Eat Our Brains » Blog Archive » Temporary Technical Difficulties

Eat Our Brains » Blog Archive » Temporary Technical Difficulties — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:25:31 +0000

[...] We regret to report that Mr. Denton is unable to contribute his usual Thursday bit of grey matter due to a severe case of being Elsewhere (specifically, the Land of the Flying Monkeys). [...]

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BlogBites. like sound bites. but without the sound. — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:28:17 +0000

[...] Still, as with all childhood memories, I prefer to focus on the sunlight-through-wings part, and not dwell on the flung poop. eat our brains » Blog Archive » No Place Like It [...]

By: James H. Swan

James H. Swan — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:24:46 +0000

Ah, I do remember the flying monkeys from my youth in Wichita — that was why it was called ‘The Air Capital,’ after all. In fact, didn’t one of them run for governor in the 1970s? But I thought that they had all since been outsourced to China.

By: Paula Helm Murray

Paula Helm Murray — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:53:50 +0000

We got enough problems with owl poop, I am glad that flying monkeys don’t like living in cities.

Happy holidays all.

By: T.W.

T.W. — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:59:41 +0000

I lived in Kansas for most of my youth and never once saw a flying monkey. Maybe once, but I’m fairly certain it was an airborne fundamentalist who had launched himself from a diving board, in a “thinking in tounges” fit. As any Kansan knows, there is no water in Kansas so the flying fundamentalist had an unhappy landing.

By: decrepitoldfool

decrepitoldfool — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:34:10 +0000

I’m jealous. Here in Illinois all we have are Governorus Crookedus, which are nearly indistinguishable from human beings unless they smell a bribe. Then they become ravenous beasts. While they are rare, alas, they are by no means endangered.

By: Doug Potter

Doug Potter — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:24:49 +0000

You guys all quit teasing Brad! Kansas is..uh, well, it has a very distictive look on the map of the United States. Wait, no, that’s South Dakota. Never mind.

By: Troyce Wilson

Troyce Wilson — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:24:53 +0000

Interesting that everyone fell for Brad’s misdirection about flying monkeys (and ok, I have had one sighting of the Texas variety, the rare Michaeline Nesmithus Monachus,when visiting the Texas Book Festival). However,I’d like to point out that Brad never countered the long held observation that Kansas is entirely in black and white. All known “color” photographs have been shown to be hand tinted or photoshopped.

And then there’s the well-known Kansas intolerance for alternative religions shown by their witch killings. Has ANYONE found any evidence of a Baptist or Catholic having a house dropped on them by a Kansan?

By: Maureen McHugh

Maureen McHugh — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:05:21 +0000

Silly DT, Fundamentalists don’t have wings.

By: DT

DT — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:07:16 +0000

Poop flinging, imprecations, poor language skills, mass behavior ranging from silly to suicidal…

Are you sure these are flying monkeys and not fundamentalists?

By: Morgan J. Locke

Morgan J. Locke — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:27:11 +0000

Our biggest problem here are the Guatamalan Biker Ants.

By: Rory Harper

Rory Harper — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:40:05 +0000

The Giant Gila Monsters are bad enough, true.

But just hope that you don’t run into any of Texas’ few remaining Giant Horny Toads.

They were hunted almost to extinction during the 50′s by outraged family members.

I think the Houston Zoo has a couple of them, but, of course, they can’t be put on public display.