Much later, I was left telling a story at a certain cliffhanger point. We were doing one of those round stories where each person takes a turn telling parts of the tale. The person before me passed it on right when the insurance salesman was about to find the source of certain mysterious occurences in an abandonned house. Turned out the house was the home of a tic-tac-toe playing huge ape, who became furious whenever he lost (to himself) and started doing the 'backstroke' around the room, wrecking everything in sight. In any case, the story continued for quite sometime. The ape eventually ended up joining with the insurance salesman allowing him to make a fortune selling 'Ape Insurance'. The tale was long, and though I might recount it sometime, I don't plan to do so right here. Suffice it to say that the Ape became a dancer, bank robber and discovered his previously hidden comedic talents. This led to the idea of a sitcom called Apefeld. This would be just like the show Seinfeld with a Big Ape replacing the role of Jerry. At the beginning, he would do a monologue where he would grunt and growl incoherently. People would, of course, find this funny. They would sometimes bring in a translator for the Ape, who would say without exception, "Grrr! Grrr! What's the deal with bananas?" Just imagine the possibilities. Kramer comes into the apartment to borrow some food, and the Ape would become FURIOUS. The possibilities are endless. Well, the novelty might last one episode.The Big Ape joke has many different sources and connections. Some may not get the humour, although I personally find it to be a hillarious idea. First of all, the idea originated in a game of Guesstures, an acting game much akin to charades. A certain person (who shall remain anonymous; they're still a bit annoyed 'bout this) was supposed to act out the Backstroke. Now, most normal mortals would not find this difficult. However, this certain person found it impossible to even emulate swimming, let alone the backstroke. He started stumbling around the room flailing his arms wildly, beating them against his chest. My team was baffled. Finally, someone came up with the guess, "Big Ape?!" Other guesses swiftly followed, including drunk ape, big stupid ape and so forth. Although we lost that round, we found it to be quite amusing. This was not, of course, the end of the Big Ape joke.
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