I don't know. If they're eligible for political office, they may do a better job than people.
Chris Durnell | 04.26.06 - 11:29 am | #

Chris Durnell: That is so true... Priceless... Classic!
ShortRound | Homepage | 04.26.06 - 11:52 am | #

Or bishops...OMG...was I typing again? I thought I was just thinking that.
John J. Simmins | Homepage | 04.26.06 - 12:25 pm | #

I looked to see if this was a parody but no, life in modern Spain appears to be the parody.
Arnold | 04.26.06 - 12:28 pm | #

Well, I suggest that pigs be next on the list. After all, we taste like pigs, pigs share a remarkable number of immuno-characteristics with homo sapiens, and they are wicked smaht, as we say here in Boston.

That, of course, would require a complete upending of Spanish cuisine (which is only surpassed by China in how swinocentric it can be!).
Liam | 04.26.06 - 12:51 pm | #

Unless you're as Irish as Paddy's pig.
A. Nonymouse | 04.26.06 - 12:56 pm | #

Will the apes be eligible for welfare benefits? Will they have social workers and career counselors? Can apes from oppressive countries apply for asylum? If a Spanish ape-citizen kills another, will he be put on trial for murder?
Kevin Jones | Homepage | 04.26.06 - 2:30 pm | #

Will apes and humans be able to intermarry?
Publius | Homepage | 04.26.06 - 2:35 pm | #

Hi all:
For a rather jaundiced view in Spanish consult:
JJG Noblejas

and Montse from Galcia with additional links

xavier
xavier | Homepage | 04.26.06 - 3:16 pm | #

As a certain Astronaut Taylor once said, "It's a madhouse!"
Tim F. | 04.26.06 - 3:35 pm | #

Can you be put on trial for a "hate crime" for referring to them as "damned, dirty apes"?
Jay Anderson | Homepage | 04.26.06 - 3:39 pm | #

Uh, when's the next election in Spain? Just asking.
Tim F. | 04.26.06 - 3:48 pm | #

Technically, its "señores".
c matt | 04.26.06 - 3:56 pm | #

those silly spanish
Anonymous | 04.26.06 - 6:02 pm | #

I love this blog.
Stef | 04.26.06 - 10:22 pm | #

Ape has killed Ape!
Kevin Jones | Homepage | 04.27.06 - 1:59 am | #

I guess "trousered ape" would no longer be an insult ... and the Bab Ballad about "Darwinian Man" being only a shaved monkey sort of loses its humor.
A. Nonymouse | 04.27.06 - 7:52 am | #

Makes me want to kill a chimpanzee and eat it, just for fun....
Daniel Mitsui | Homepage | 04.28.06 - 4:02 pm | #

"Beware the beast man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him, for he is the harbinger of death."
Josiah | 04.29.06 - 1:48 pm | #