When I was at the bank the other day, I had to comment about a sweet picture on a calendar.
It showed a mother gorilla gently holding her baby—lovely, for sure.
I simply said, “Sweet, but not my relatives.”
The two bank employees heartily agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I posed a question, “If that gorilla could talk and comment on people in a similar endearing picture, what would she say ?”
Immediate response, without hesitation, “Lovely humans, not my relatives.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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