"What are you gonna get today Maxine?"
"I don't know Patty. The Hay wasn't fresh yesterday. Ask the waitor if it's fresh hay."
"I don't know why we come here- we should try a new place."
"I could go for chinese."
"I hate Chinese."
"You're so picky Maxine."
"Where's the waitor? He's not getting a good tip today, I tell you."
"Pick something already - you drive me crazy."
"Ok, ok. I'll get the hay.
"Hay- again."
"I like hay- what can I tell ya?"
"I'll get the hay too."
"Where's that waitor?"
At the Bronx Zoo- there are two female Asian elephants named Maxine and Patty. They have shared a habitat for 30+ years. You can see them as you ride the tram in the Asia section. I would visit them each day last summer and imagine their conversations as they threw their lunch of hay around. Two old NY broads stuck together - on each other's nerves but in need of each-other's company too. Adapting to their daily schedule and the monotony it brings.
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I'll het the hay :)
nice!
Priceless!
so nice, cute couple!
I love it Kelly. you have such a great sense of humor. these elephants have so much personality
Elephants eat HAY? I so don't ever want to be morphed into one, then.
HI Kelly,
I love this one...and wish I still lived close enough to get to the Bronx Zoo to visit Maxine and Patty.
*:)
"Ooh, maybe I'll have some peanuts for dessert!"
"Oh, girl, you're so bad. I can't eat peanuts. They go straight to my hips."
This is great! I love the thick glasses and the hat.
These elephants remind me of a few of the Red Hat ladies I've seen around town.
If ornery monkeys could talk, I'd bet they'd yell, "Get off my lawn!"
Great work, Kelly. I like the personality in these characters and details!
HA!!! I think I know these ladies.
Supper... er... I mean Super characters & Hilarious Dialog!
I hear hay keeps ya perty regular.
Great expressions, Kelly!
Very funny, Kelly!! Great illustration!
The conversation between these two will drive me nuts. I wouldn't be able to adapt. Funny! Cute illustration.
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