To say there were singing monkeys in the bible?

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Lighthearted

When I was 9 I was asked to give a school reading in church. So, off I trot feeling all proud and pleased. Nerves kicked in as I started to read in front of the large church congregation, and, not recognising the word 'monk' in the text given to me, I said monkey instead whenever it came up. And it came up a lot.

Yes MN, I stood in church talking about how monkeys liked to go for long walks, often sang together, and how monkeys felt especially close to god.

Rows of open mouths gawped back at me as I finished with a big triumphant smile. The school were not sympathetic. I was only little!

Anyone else got a good faux pas? You'll feel better for sharing

YANBU - as it’s all fairy stories anyway there certainly could be singing monkeys in the bible.

My despair of all loved ones wearing jeans after hearing that genes caused cancer. Hence me crying in lots of clothes shops in early life.

Such a stupid thread

Not really a faux pas but I have a video of me as a bunny in a ballet production of Alice in wonderland. I was about 5 I think. The routine went "hop, hop, hop" then you had to turn around and wiggle you bum at the audience (to show off your rabbit tail). I ended up out of sync. I hopped when everyone else wiggled, then turned around and did a big solo butt wiggle at the audience. Ballet teacher not impressed.

TBH singing monkeys are by no means the least believable part of the bible...

I can’t think of a single bit of the bible where the word monks is used..... monks surely were after the Bible was written when monasteries etc were established

Surely there aren't any monks in the Bible either?

X-post with Bathsheba!

In fairness, it wasn't the bible (that I can remember) but some text they gave me to read about monks, but it felt biblical, if you see what I mean. Always stayed with me as a moment of really getting something wrong.

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It's lighthearted. Something to pass the evening.

My lovely neice had to sing little donkey as a solo in her first Christmas play. She sang all about the little monkey carrying Mary safely on her way.

To this day I still carry the humiliation of being maybe 10 years old and trying to lean in a shop looking cool. I mean against a hard surface. Suave me ai. Turns out it was a v large bottomed man leaning over to write something for my parents order of whatever they brought or whatnot. I was casually leaning. Elbow on his back. Against his bum....

As a child i saw some frozen turkeys at the supermarket,said to my mum ooh there's swearing on those!.Ready Basted

I thought renal was the same as anal. And that renal failure was something to do with incontinence.
Til I was about 25

When my DD was younger she was on a tv program reviewing chart songs. They played a song by Wycliffe Jean which she had to review. Never having heard of him before and no-one told her before hand she kept referring to him as Wycliffe Jeen. She cringes now when his songs get played.

There's a talking donkey in the Bible, Numbers 22:28