(11:33:11 AM): I was thinking I might take Taylor with me when I travel, and make sure he’s in every shot.
(11:33:33 AM): Who’s Taylor?
(11:33:38 AM): My sock monkey.
(11:33:42 AM): Excellent.
(11:33:46 AM): He usually resides in the middle theater seat.
(11:33:51 AM): Sock monkeys are and underserved theme, for sure.
(11:35:30 AM): I daresay.
(11:35:53 AM): There was a photographer in the 80s who used a red couch.
(11:37:00 AM): Unwieldy. Stick to the sock monkey.
(11:37:13 AM): Well, yeah.
(11:37:17 AM): Of course, if you could find that guy and his couch, a good picture would be the sock monkey on the couch.
(11:37:34 AM): But the great thing about this guy was that his photos were all landscapes of remote, inaccessible locations.
(11:37:46 AM): But the couch would be there in the middle of it all.
(11:37:50 AM): How did he access them?
(11:37:55 AM): If they were inaccessible?
(11:38:00 AM): Aircraft, I think.
(11:38:06 AM): Ah.
(11:38:11 AM): And the couch was helicoptered in.
(11:38:36 AM): I think you should helicopter your sock money in somewhere.
(11:38:48 AM): Just so you can say "I’m waiting for my sock monkey to be helicoptered in."
(11:39:02 AM): That’s your answer to everything.
(11:39:22 AM): "Why isn’t this project done yet, Mr. Lucas?"
(11:39:40 AM): I’m waiting for my sock monkey to be helicoptered in, sir.
(11:40:02 AM): And there’s no argument that can rebut that.
(11:40:10 AM): No, there isn’t.
(11:40:20 AM): I may never do a lick of work again.
(11:40:31 AM): Because, let’s face it, that sock monkey is NEVER going to be helicoptered in.
(11:41:47 AM): True dat.
(11:42:01 AM): They don’t even make the harness that would carry him.
(11:42:47 AM): And you need a good harness, because, dear god, what if he fell.
(11:46:29 AM): Nations would fall with him, I tell you what!

So, take note folks. The perfect excuse is “I’m waiting for my sock monkey to be helicoptered in.”