Splendid Monkey Gallery: Picture 1

Most monkey pictures are rubbish, as it goes. You know, you look at them and think: Oh, am I supposed to think that's funny just because it's a monkey? Some of them are good though.

So today, inspired by this particularly splendid monkey, I have decided to launch Splendid Monkey Gallery, a special on-going occasional series (depending on quality of monkeys, to be frank) displaying monkey pictures that I find amusing.

Here is Picture 1, sent by a particularly splendid chap I used to work with who has the finest surname of anyone I know, and is also quite handsome. We did stuff with Buttons together once. (Not Like That.)

Send your monkey pictures in. (If you think they're good enough.) Rules, regulations and guidelines below.

How To Qualify For Insertion In Splendid Monkey Gallery

1. Your monkey is either funny, or it isn't. If you have to explain why it's funny, it definitely isn't.
2. I decide who gets in Splendid Monkey Gallery. Do not beg, cajole, tell me it's your birthday or offer money. I either like it, or I don't.
3. Only one monkey submission per person per week, supplied in j-peg format if possible. (I break everything else.)
4. Contexual back-story is permitted, as long as it is not there in order to explain why the monkey itself is funny.

Guidelines

1. I don't actually find real monkeys that funny, unless Carl is doing Monkey News on Ricky Gervais' podcast (the only reason I listen to it, ever).
2. If it makes me laugh immediately, it gets in.
3. Quality of illustration unimportant, although Good Illustration (cf. Shelton) has a better chance of catching my eye. Mind you, so does rubbish drawn on a bus ticket, leading me to ...
4. I find bad drawing immoderately funny.
5. Remember: everyone can draw. If you think you can't, Double Reason to try. The drawing will be Splendid.
6. Drawings of monkeys done by monkeys will receive Special Attention.

Publication Times

When a good monkey comes in.

Accreditation

Full accreditation will be supplied (author of monkey supplied; your name and link, that sort of thing. Don't think this is going to drive any traffic to your site, mind: I've only got ten readers, and one of them's in Latvia.)

Prizes

A monthly prize will be awarded for Most Splendid Monkey. The prize will be the honour of being chosen, but I'll have a think. Trophies may be involved, and possibly an Awards Ceremony, depending on how many monkeys come in and how many of you can be arsed to get on a bus to a pub with 'Monkey' in its name.