Pipe Down or You’ll Get Us Both Fired

A gorilla at the zoo dies of old age just before opening time. He was the star attraction — the one animal everybody came to see.

The zoo can’t afford a new gorilla right away, so the owner makes a quiet offer to one of the workers: “We’ve got an old gorilla costume in storage. If you put it on and act like the gorilla for a while, I’ll pay you an extra $100 a day.”

The worker agrees, puts on the suit, and goes into the enclosure. To his surprise, the visitors love him. He pounds his chest, swings around, and soon crowds are showing up just to see this “amazingly life-like” gorilla.

After a month, though, the excitement starts to die down. So he decides to put on a little stunt. He climbs to the top of the enclosure, swings over into the neighboring lion habitat… and hangs from the safety net above it!

A huge crowd gathers — gasping and pointing.

Then — his hands slip. He falls right into the lions’ den.

Panicking, he starts yelling, “HELP! Somebody help me! I’m not really a gorilla!”

Suddenly, a massive lion leaps onto him, pinning him to the ground.

The lion leans in close and whispers, “Pipe down, buddy… or you’ll get us both fired.”