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Unquotable quotes – XII To catch a monkey, you need a young coconut with three holes for eyes ; bore a hole in one and wait : the monkey will thrust its hand in to grab a mouthful and will not let go come what may. To catch a false monk, you need an orphan. To catch a thief, you need either a camera or a cobra. To catch a bluffer, you need to make him believe ya. To catch a fly, you need a spider with a parlour. To catch a poisonous snake, you need a retracting loup on a long ten-foot pole. To catch a giant, you need a sling with a stone. To catch a Pharoah, you need his sister with a hisser. To catch a priest, you need the advice of his Chief Geist. To catch a stool-pigeon, you need another stool-pigeon. To catch a plane, you need a valid ticket. To take a train, you need a ticket-puncher. To board a ship, you need to rise with the tide. To catch the woman next-door, you need to wait until the paramour goes out the back-door. To catch a ripe durian, you need to have a hard or an empty head. To capture a girl in a burqa, all you need is another burqa. To capture a rat in a hole, all you need is a secret service mole. To capture a pirate ship in a canal, all you need to do is to lower the water-level. To catch a polar bear and her cubs, all you need to do is to raise the level of your exhaust fumes. To catch a lark on a bark, all you need to do is to click your camera. To catch the sun in the morn, all you need to do is to sleep with your window open. To catch cold, all you need to do is to stand stark naked bold. To catch forty winks, you need to be full of drinks. To get on peoples’ nerves, you need to step on their toes. To catch the pox, you need to meet a certain lady who lounges around the docks. To come to grief, all you need to do is to rob Fort Knox. © T. Wignesan - Paris, 2016
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