Continuing the ads from back in the day, this one is from X-Men #2 and continued for a good many years. This one really got me thinking - "Dang, that would be cool to walk down the street with a monkey on my shoulder while we both eat a lollipop." I mean how cool would that be a freakin monkey eating a freakin lollipop on my shoulder. That's kind of like being a pirate minus the peg leg and eye patch. Not that I condone the selling of wild animals or anything like that but I still think it would be cool. Though thinking about, it why would you feed a monkey a lollipop other than the looks you would get on the street?
 I meant to write about the monkey ad until I pulled this up and saw the hamster and sea horse ad too. Hamsters, ok I get it. You can get one at the pet store and they are pretty normal everyday pets. Seahorses? really this is like the monkey for a pet I mean who actually does this? I can see the kid who begged his parents for the money to buy the monkey or saves up for it then sends away for it. When the box comes, what happens? You open the box and what the monkey is happy to see you? No way, its probably pissed about being in the box not to mention the "gentle handling" I'm sure it got from the mailman. Oh and don't forget that it probably hasn't eaten in a few days, that sounds like a recipe for disaster. You know like a screeching upset monkey flying around the house trying to take off anyone's face that gets near it. As cool as it sounds, I think I like the idea of my face being intact more.
 Back to the hamsters, they come with a Ferris Wheel and trapeze so you can have your own circus at home. Hmm, gives me some ideas - "Sunday, Sunday  Sunday  one day only come to my house and see the amazing hamster circus. The amazing dog faced girl, no it really is a girl not my dog in a dress." Yeah the possibilities are endless.
 And the seahorses that also come with a trapeze. Put the fishbowl in my home circus so everyone can see the amazing seahorses hanging right side up on the trapeze. What do you mean those are not real seahorses, they sure are the ad says so. Well that is until you read further and see that your being sent brine shrimp to go with your miniature seahorses. Yeah all those sea monkey ads that had mom and dad reading the paper and playing games but then you get them and you can barely see them and they don't do much other than swim around in the bowl. Last thought - Ummm don't seahorses live in saltwater? Call me crazy but I don't think brine shrimp in a fishbowl with seahorses are going to last the average kid very long not that a kids attention span is much longer.
 Maybe on second thought I should skip the seahorses and the face chewing monkey. If these ads are that shady I'm not sure that I would get a real hamster. I think I'll stick to dressing my dog up and charging a quarter to see the dog faced girl.
 Until next time, watch out for cheap monkeys in a box