As long as we are monkeying around

(From ThinkGeek)

Not everyone in real life is like Ross Geller with a little Marcel as a best friend to help with tasks, keep them company, and generally just be awesome. But if you did have a monkey, what types of things would you have it do? Grab you a beer? Open mail? Peel your bananas? Actually, that might be tricky since monkeys love bananas. 

Well, although its not a real, furry monkey, this stainless-steel Pocket Monkey 12-in-1 tool might just be able to help you out with a few of those tasks. This light, credit-card-sized tool features a couple of unique features not found in other multi-tools. Just insert your credit card and make it a phone stand. It has a bottle opener, flat screwdriver, micro screwdriver for use on glasses or kids' toys, a door latch slip, letter opener, hex wrench (works on 5 different sizes), Phillips-head screwdriver, orange peeler, banana nicker (for squishy banana tops), ruler (English and metric), and straight edge! 

Product Specifications

• 12-in-1 Pocket Tool with a monkey head
• Has 12 functions: Phone stand, bottle opener, flat and Phillips-head screwdrivers, micro screwdriver, hex wrench, banana nicker, orange peeler, door latch slip, letter opener, ruler (English and metric), and straight edge
• Unique and functional gift for everyone to have Made in the USA
• Materials: Heat-treated stainless steel
• Dimensions: 3" long x 2" wide x .1" thick
• Weight: .6 oz.

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$9.99

 

On a sidenote, I think Marcel was an extremely lame gimmick in the early episodes of Friends. Just as "jump the shark" has come to refer to the episode where a popular series went into freefall, so I think "dump the monkey" could be used to refer to the moment a series realizes a character is a drag and does something to get rid of the character. If you want to bring the character back in another gimmicky episode, as did Friends with Marcel, this may work if you are firmly established by that point and can risk a momentary lapse.

 Just my humble opinion, of course.