If Memory Swerves®, 'twas on this day in history — January 24, 1928 —
that zoologist/anthropologist /no-apologist Desmond Morris was born in North Wiltshire.
Educated at the Dauntsey School in Lavington and the University of Birmingham, Morris —
the original "monkey’s relation" — came to the public’s attention in the 1950s as a presenter on the television programme "Zoo Time." He later achieved a measure of fame with his book “The Naked Ape,” in which he posited that a woman’s cleavage — the oft-bejeweled "déco collage" — is a sexual trigger that mirrors — or "apes" — the cleft between the buttocks, which is unique to humans, as other primates have flatter backsides. (Well, la-dee-da, Dr. Morris.) The wise-cracking Morris is also said to have coined the rejoinder, “Half past the monkey’s arse, a quarter to his ballsack."
But that was many moons ago. Happy day, Citizen Arse-trologist.
