The back story to these two is that they really despise each other. The monkey has been around since April while the fish (Sir Chester Wilson Marbles III) only came into existence a couple of months ago. The fish immediately started stealing attention from the message-giving monkey, thus causing an all-out battle between the two. Death threats emerged from the monkey towards the fish, while the fish returned sarcastic laughter at the threats.
Come halloween the two each chose to dress up as the other one.
The monkey dressed up as a dead fish in a fish bowl ...
The fish dressed up as a stupid monkey
That brings us to the present. The campaigns got off to a fast start using social media. Both hit up facebook. The monkey just told people to vote while the fish presented its beliefs and issues in a well thought out ploy. The fish obviously had the better campaign and immediately gained a crucial edge in the online votes. The monkey relied more on its personal connections for its campaign. Having known staff and students a lot longer and putting its face out there more often, the monkey seized this edge to garner a majority of the written votes. Final tallies were ...
Monkey - 15
Fish - 14
The fish held a 10-4 advantage in online votes while the monkey carried a dominating 11-4 in-house vote.
With the win the monkey gains its own twitter account. You can follow it at - MonkeyvFish
The monkey was ecstatic and here is the acceptance speech I gave for it.
With every elected official there is a chance of assassination but in this ongoing battle to the death there was that chance long ago. Stay tuned to what happens next in the classic tale of monkey vs. fish.
