{"id":6203,"date":"2012-02-20T20:26:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T01:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=6203"},"modified":"2012-02-20T20:29:56","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T01:29:56","slug":"i-wanted-to-be-a-gibbon-not-a-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=6203","title":{"rendered":"I wanted to be a gibbon not a monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

In junior high I was on our schools gymnastic team. I was already heading to six feet, no height for a gymnast, but I loved to spin and tumble.<\/p>\n

The Parade magazine of that era had a “personality test” which consisted of about 25 pictures of animals a participant could choose from to explain what kind of personality you had. I chose a gibbon because of its graceful acrobatics. Damned test results said I wanted to be a “monkey” meaning a cut-up and be a joker. Dimwits didn’t know the difference between the primates. I would not have chosen to be a monkey.<\/p>\n

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