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Dear Lounge,

Me again. This time my marriage is on the rocks and you're probably the only person who can help... thats not true... but I'm writing this anyway.

My wife says that the correct spelling for Aluminium is actually Aluminum. She has the gall to also pronounce it this way and refuses to see the error of her ways.

She needs to get with the program, even the explanation in Wikipedia clearly in my favor will not sway her.

I've tried talking sense to her, but what can I saw. She acted the same way when I told her about the Monkeys and how other people wrote their songs.

Damn monkeys.

Talk sense. Settle this once and for all.

Michael

The Jade Monkey
Originally uploaded by LugoLounge™.

Me again, but this time on a more pressing matter. There has been much talk regarding the Jade Monkey. While anyone can get A Jade Monkey on eBay or in Chinatown, can you shed more light on the original Jade Monkey?

Drinking Responsibly,
Michael

PS. Can you also highlight to your readers the differences between "monkey love" as opposed to "Christian love"?

Our recent question comes from Michael over at Pretentious .

Why are socks black? Does it depend on the color of ones soul?

Michael,

Recent studies have shown that there is a direct correlation with one’s soul and the color of their socks. For instance I was known to constantly wear white tube socks for any occasion be it black tie events or even swimming (I love the sloshing sound of wet socks). Note: wearing your sneakers after swimming with tube socks and walking a few miles in the heat of August is a bad idea. But I digress. After many years my soul was slowly being crushed by the weight of the world and the socks I purchased were becoming darker and darker until they can no longer get any darker. So I can say: Yes to part two of your question.

As far as part one, I am unsure of what kind of socks you talking about. The black socks I purchase are black tube socks. The other type of black socks I know of are what I used to refer to as “party socks”. Reason being is that, were I grew up, men would only wear them to church or parties. It is a thin, nylon type of sock made of some poly-vinyl blend rendering the feet to be un-breathable creating the worst smell after a full day of wearing them in a leather shoe. As far as I’m concerned this is the worst of the black sock spectrum since these socks are usually worn by suits on a daily basis.

There you have it. Remember socks are your feet’s friend, don’t underestimate them.

Looks like the Questions are rolling is for ask@lugo-lounge.com. Well only two so far.

First question comes from J from Bank of NY, which is headquartered in NJ, go figure.

Hey, How is Jason doing down in Panama?

J

Weeeell, as some of those who read the most unreadable blog in the world know, Jason is my brother who went off into the wild wild depths of the Panamanian jungle. Why, you ask? Well because he joined the Peace Corps and that is where they sent him. You can read some of his exploits here "Live from Panama".

Several months after he left I went to a friend's birthday party to discover Jason standing in the doorway. It looks like things were getting pretty bad there and was going to get worse when they were going to send him to a reservation were they didn't speak Spanish much less English. He wasn't the only one who left also. Jason is now a teacher down in south Jersey.

So there you have it, first question done. I have another one which is in several parts and I will answer them soon.