OK, Dumb Question

[seito]

Flying Monkeys

Where did the saying originate?

What does it allude to?

It is funny as hell, and I have my suspicions, but I would like some confirmation.

Thanks

[Padraig18]

1. Wizard of Oz, I think. n/t

[RebelOne]

4. Yeah, that's the first thing that comes to my mind, n/t

[da_chimperor]

5. That's the only reference to flying monkeys I can think of n/t

[ok_cpu]

2. TANG? n/t

[Wapsie B]

3. Mike Malloy

uses the term Flying Monkey right wingers all the time, or at least he used to.

[Kelvin Mace]

6. Yep, the Wizard of Oz

They were the servants of the Wicked Witch of of the West.

David Allen
www.thoughtcrimes.org

[DebJ]

7. The Wizard of Oz?

[seito]

8. Thanks All n/t

[Baja Margie]

9. Ah

Doesn't it elude to their behavior, jumping/flying from tree to tree?

[flaminbats]

10. I think they 're flying to capture us..out of their right wing asses

where they'll drag us nobody knows! :scared:

[seito]

11. Now that is the context I am used to seeing lol!!! n/t

[flaminbats]

12. I didn't want anything too ridiculous!

;)