Why are all students seemingly obsessed with monkeys?

OK, I know that its an odd question but I got thinking and it eventually needed an answer. (For the purpose of this try to Imagen you are buying a monkey). Well there are different ideas of 'monkeys', there are gorillas, Apes, capuchin monkey's (Ross's monkey from friends). I tend to think of the latter, probably because I grew up watching friends, also gorillas and apes make me think of King Kong and he seems a lot to handle. Anyway most of us don't know all the different types of monkey, so lets start with the basics, most of us realistically want a smaller creature this way we have at least some control over it, this allows you to potently teach it tricks, this way we can impress the cuties and lets face it we all know that you could get drunk and see a monkey do a trick 1000 times but its never gonna stop being funny!
The colour of the monkey can also be important, even if it is a tad shallow. Brown is an obvious colour and its cute but we all know that a big reason that you have your chimp is so u can put it in a suit (with plans to make it ride a tricycle wearing a big hat) and brown monkeys may not look so good in the hat, but a black monkey may be able to carry it off.
One of the main reasons for having a pet is company and attention, we all have learnt how being at Uni for the first time can be tricky and sometimes we all need a disinterested party to listen, and for the life of me I cannot think why Curtis, (yes I named my monkey) would give a toss either way if you think your mates are trying to steal all the people you have spent 2 and a half hours trying to impress in hogshead last Friday. That's without the help of Curtis, or even the mention of him. Maybe its the thought of just having someone there, just to know your not alone, also depending on the alcoholic state you are in, it could be used as a source for intelligent conversation.
It is just about now that I would like to have gone in to the physiological and biological meanings that we are desperately trying to reach out to our evolutionary ancestors, I'm not going to purely for the fact that I'm terrified that all the biology and physiology students are gonna get hold of this and prove me wrong due to the fact that they are studying these subjects and I know sweet 'F.A.' about either, the front bunker gets enough mail on its own with out me causing a letter pile behind the door so high they need black and decker equipment just to get to their laptops.
It seems like an obvious answer but, we like monkeys cos their cool, their unusual and fantastic to watch when pissed! It may be that we want them cos I doubt that there are too many people who know people who own monkeys, but if your dream of hearing the pitier-patter of tiny chimps thumping their chests as they bring you prescription drugs to help you get over the night before, when you and 4 mates tried to get Curtis just to sit on the bike, think only this, this little turds gonna piss on your floor, put fleas on your clothes and if he dose help get you a girlfriend he'll keep interrupting sex to get as much attention as the person next to you. If your ambitions reach a reality, SWEET!!!!