Introduction
Darwin
Witness the origin of a new species!!
Well...we got there in the end!! And we're still
talking to each-other!! :-) The hundreds of entries we had
came up with some brilliant suggestions for names, some neat
reasons why...and a few names that were just hilarious.
Congratulations to Patrick White of Toronto, who can now
justly claim that the monkey in Monkey Shines 2 was named on
his suggestion. Well done Patrick, we hope you enjoy your
T-shirt, free Fantasoft game of your choice, and of course,
a free copy of Monkey Shines 2 (featuring Darwin) when it is
released!!
We'd like to thank absolutely everyone who entered
the contest...even Andy (who suggested the Monkey looked
like me!!) and hope you continue to keep watching this
space, for all the latest news on Monkey Shines...1 and 2 !!
Listed below are all the winners, and some
"Honourable Mentions"...names that didn't quite make it into
the final five...but ones we liked and wanted to share with
everyone.
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First Place - Darwin
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Suggested by Patrick White of Toronto,
Canada
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Places 2 to 5 (in no particular order)
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* CLEM - Suggested by Larry Jorgenson
of Humboldt, Canada
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CLEM was chosen because of the clever
acronym that Larry came up with. CLEM stands for
Cool Little Electronic Monkey...and sounds pretty
cool!
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* Spanks The Monkey - Suggested by
Timothy R Goynes of San Jose, California
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This proved to be a very popular
suggestion, with many entries coming in with Spanks
or Spanky or some variant!! We'd expected it...and
think the first person who suggested it deserves a
prize just for being brave enough to suggest it
publicly :-)
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* Chester - Suggested by Billy Smith
of Austin, Texas
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* Kima - Suggested by Simon Szykman
of Rockville, Maryland
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It means monkey in Swahili
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Some "Honourable Mentions"...names that
almost made it or ones we found amusing...
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- Shades, suggested by Eli Burke
- Socrates, suggested by Michael Nilsen
- Wrex, suggested by Phil Heacock -
because he Wrexs stuff !!
- Nixon, suggested by Andy Boretto -
This was the first suggestion of what became an
interesting argument...just who the monkey looks
like. This first suggestion was quickly followed
by...
- Orbie, suggested by Eric Dagnall -
Roy Orbison fans around the world will be upset
at this one! Mercy!!. An interim CEO will be
upset at this next one...
- Steve Jobs, suggested by K Brandt -
Because "Sub-human mental development, somewhat
unkempt hair, and a tendency to screech
angrily... the parallels are striking". We at
MSHQ are appalled that anyone could possibly
think that, and just want to make it clear to Mr
Jobs (and more particularly his lawyers) that
although we believe in freedom of speech, we in
no way condone such a comment...please believe
us!! And Andy...you're off my Christmas card
list...
- Fil - Because the monkey looks like
BHCS's WebMaster Phil Roy!!?? Andy, I do have a
facial hair problem, but it isn't that bad :-(
- Sputnik, suggested by David Rosa
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