Douglas Preston Quote
The American taxpayers had wasted $550,000 teaching five chimpanzees to talk sign language. What could a chimpanzee have to say that might be of interest? Proxmire asked. Well, he said, here it is in black and white, here are the earth-shattering comments from these chimps, after a half million dollars of English lessons: Gimme banana! and I gotta go potty! He was reading from one of my papers on the Senate floor! The big fat pompous asshole. I should’ve sued the bastard.
Douglas Preston
The American taxpayers had wasted $550,000 teaching five chimpanzees to talk sign language. What could a chimpanzee have to say that might be of interest? Proxmire asked. Well, he said, here it is in black and white, here are the earth-shattering comments from these chimps, after a half million dollars of English lessons: Gimme banana! and I gotta go potty! He was reading from one of my papers on the Senate floor! The big fat pompous asshole. I should’ve sued the bastard.
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