Poster reading: In the early 1900s seven wooden barrels branded “pure white spirit” were shipped from Oxford University in England to the University of NSW. Five days overdue the University staff visited the docks only to find most of the wharfies intoxicated when asked if they’d been drinking from the barrels the rascally deck hands replied that they may have “tested” the alcohol to see what it was. Unfortunately for them they soon learned the true contents of the barrels was in fact the preserved bodies of monkeys intended for dissection at the UNSW biology department they had unknowingly consumed the juice of picked monkeys. Thus, the legend of the pickled monkey was born serving as a cautionary tale… Don’t f#ck with the monkey!
Spotted walking through Marrickville today
