So I had my phone interview for our trip to India, and the nurse was telling me what to do and what I needed to take and just as I was about to hang up she said oh yea don't let the monkeys bite you. Hmm yea??? What you think I am going to give them my arm and say here bite away. Of course I am going to try and keep the monkeys from biting me, but is this something I have to worry about. Do I have to take active precautions to keep the monkeys from biting me? Is there a spray "monkey off" that I can use. How exactly am I suppose to keep the monkeys from biting me? Now that she brought it up I take it is something I need to worry about so what am I suppose to do?
It is kind of like I warned you to stay away from nuclear reactors it isn't my fault you didn't heed my warning and now your dying of radiation poisoning.
I have heard of monkeys swarming tourists, and when we were in Ajmer they were pretty bold, but I never really worried about them. I was more worried about the bats. Whew - she didn't say anything about bats, so I guess I don't have to worry about them.
She did tell me also that they don't give rabbi shots ahead of time. That if we are bitten by a monkey that it has to be assessed there, and the doctors there will have to decide the protocol. I actually have never heard of someone taking rabbi shots proactively, do you think a lot of tourist get rabbis? Do you think they get the rabbis from the monkey bites? Maybe I should buy a gun and just shoot any monkey that gets to close. Yep I been around TH way too long.
It is kind of like I warned you to stay away from nuclear reactors it isn't my fault you didn't heed my warning and now your dying of radiation poisoning.
I have heard of monkeys swarming tourists, and when we were in Ajmer they were pretty bold, but I never really worried about them. I was more worried about the bats. Whew - she didn't say anything about bats, so I guess I don't have to worry about them.
She did tell me also that they don't give rabbi shots ahead of time. That if we are bitten by a monkey that it has to be assessed there, and the doctors there will have to decide the protocol. I actually have never heard of someone taking rabbi shots proactively, do you think a lot of tourist get rabbis? Do you think they get the rabbis from the monkey bites? Maybe I should buy a gun and just shoot any monkey that gets to close. Yep I been around TH way too long.
I vote for one of TH's guns! You can never be too careful!! You will need a small made of plastic/ceramic not metal, so you can get it thru security at the airports!! So says the redneck girl from Kansas!
ReplyDeleteI love those "rabbi" shots - they protect you from converting to Judaism I guess.
ReplyDeleteOnly tourists to Israel get "rabbis" - the tourists to the West Bank may get rabies, but no rabbis.
I'll ask my orthodox friends if they've converted any monkeys & given them enough Talmudic training to make them at least an apprentice rabbi.
A genetically altered tiger (altered to obey & not ingest humans) would also be good.
All kidding about religion aside, I sincerely hope you don't have a monkey bit problem. In addition to rabies, it's pretty east to get infected. One armed backstrokers are unlikely to make the Olympic Club Masters' Team.
You might check to see if pepper spray is allowed in India. I think it might be really used as a habanero/hot pepper substitute on some of the curries, so that might be a good alternative - carry 100+ heat carrying curry to give to the monkeys. Just don't let the pukkah sahibs steal the curry.
ROFL!
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