[blam]

Do you know anything about the monkeys on the rock of Gilbralter and how they relate to the British? I heard a story about British troops going into Nazi occupied Africa to get monkeys to replenish the stock on 'The Rock.' The story goes that if the monkeys disappear on 'The Rock', so will the British. I don't know where I heard that story, I was on 'The Rock' in the early sixties. So.....

[Shermy]

Don't know where it came from, but here's a good site about Gibraltar mentioning the legend:

Gibraltar

[BigStick]

"if the monkeys disappear on 'The Rock', so will the British."

But, of course. Makes perfect sense....