Gretchen, quit trying to make "monkey it up" happen. It's not going to happen.

[ProfessorPlum]

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Yet another of dozens of useless context free OPs daily on DU.

The entirety of the OP:

Gretchen, quit trying to make "monkey it up" happen. It's not going to happen.

[ProfessorPlum]

4. who is this post for?

and it is a joke. You don't recognize the reference?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. I think the OPost is for the OPoster's vanity, it seems.

Writers who care about their readers, or want to communicate information or turn them on to a new idea, take care to be clear and include sufficient context that their readers don't have to puzzle things out.

I know that the Republican candidate for the Governor of Florida said "don't monkey up" with reference to the African American Democratic candidate.

But neither one is named "Gretchen".

[ProfessorPlum]

11. Who peed in your cornflakes?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Nobody.

[Sherman A1]

7. Yup

and they get pretty old, pretty quick.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. What?

How about a little context?

[ProudLib72]

3. ...

[ProfessorPlum]

5. Gretchen, quit trying to make "fetch" happen. It's not going to happen.

It's a quote from mean girls.

The Florida GOP trying to pretend "monkey it up" was a thing reminded me of it.

[MaryMagdaline]

6. It's a Mean Girls reference.

Sorry it’s not from The Godfather. We have other cultural references.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. What is "Mean Girls"? Is it some TV show?

[MaryMagdaline]

13. It's an American cultural classic

Google it

[John Fante]

10. Gretchen (a character from the 2004 film "Mean Girls") uses

the phrase "fetch" constantly, as if trying to get it to catch on at her school. One of her friends grows tired of it and calls her out. Hence "stop trying to make 'fetch' happen."

I thought it was a funny reference.

[MaryMagdaline]

14. It was a very funny reference! Quite apt