Rise Of The Planet Of The Dopes

(My cousin sees a commercial for a special documentary ‘My Monkey Baby’, and decides to look it up online to get more information.)

Cousin: “Oh. So the baby’s actually a monkey then.”

Me: “Yeah. What’d you think it’d be? A real baby?”

Cousin: “Yeah! I thought it was going to be one of those awesome specials about kids with birth defects. Like elephantitis. But with monkeys. And babies. I got really excited.”

(I stare blankly.)

Cousin: “I’m a bad person, aren’t I?”

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