On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:39:44 -0800 (PST), Tim
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wrote:

I think of him more as being an organ grinder's monkey... but the best
one that ever lived.

Oh gawd!

Which reminds me. Fellow at work told me about witnessing an incident
of a guy teasing an organ grinders's monkey. The grinder warned him a
couple times, then let the monkey loose. It jumped on the teaser's
back, biting his neck, and his hands when he reached up trying to get
it off.
The fellow disappeared running around the corner screaming.
The monkey came back to the grinder a couple minutes later.
Happened in Chicago in the '30's.
Hence the origin of the saw "Monkey on your back."
Not that particular incident, but it sure brought it home when he told
me about it.

--Vic