Date:    Thu, 12 Feb 1998 17:08:58 -0500
<br>From:    Evan Morris  words1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WORD-DETECTIVE.COM 
<br>Subject: Monkey is dead?
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<br> From a reader of my newspaper column:
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<br> From the New York Times, article on the going out of business of  Power
<br>Computing Co:  "Kahn (the chairman) could not be reached. A security guard
<br>said, "The show is over. The monkey is dead, and they've folded the tent."  I
<br>love this phrase. If the show is merely over, they could have another show
<br>tomorrow. But if the monkey is dead, it's really over. Question: Did this
<br>security guard coin this phrase, or is this an old one I just never
<br>happened to
<br>hear before?
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<br>Does this ring a bell for anyone?  All I've been able to find is that the
<br>phrase occurs in a Marilyn Manson (yuck) lyric.
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<br>Evan Morris
<br>words1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]word-detective.com
<br>http://www.word-detective.com
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