Modern Vespa

I don't know how many Gorillas ride scooters.
Or how many biped Aliens, for that matter.
But on Edgar Allan Poe day at a local library, one simian Scooterist showed up with a copy of "Murders at the Rue Morgue", the 19th century mystery whose villain was an escaped Ape.

Maybe he could have escaped more quickly riding a 20th Century scooter into the 21st Century?

Actually, this Simian-on-Scooter phenomenon ... may be more widespread than one supposed...

Once is chance. Twice is coincidence. But the third time indicates a pattern.

Or, in the words of Ian Fleming: "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."

An easy choice to make --

The Spanish text - Algunos hacen de la calle una selva - translates almost literally as - There are some who turn the Street into a Jungle -

And we probably all know a few of those. (Some of us may even glimpse them peeking back at us from mirrors )

The Cheeky Northern Monkeys are for real - up in Yorkshire and Lancashire - and every once in awhile they have what look like very very cool Scooter Rallies...

If you're in the vicinity, primate attendance is obviously mandatory.

And lest we forget, the statue of a Simian riding a Vespa, from Bali, Indonesia

I know, this doesn't count and shouldn't be here - because, technically, it's not a Simian riding a scooter - but it IS a Simian at the wheel of a vintage Fiat 500, so that should count for something?