It would have been ten times more hilarious if Wayne Rooney had left his house for work one morning and found his car in ruins, and baboons running away carrying chrome molding and rear-view mirrors. ROONEY (shaking fist): “Grrr, not again! Damned baboons!” But that’s not how this went down. The Manchester United striker took his wife and young son for a drive through Knowsley Safari Park’s Monkey Jungle — that’s near Liverpool, in case you were wondering — where his car was attacked by the hairy primates. And Rooney, it’s reported, was laughing all the while his car was being “detailed.”
It’s also reported that Rooney could have chosen a driving route that would not have put his car in danger of monkey attack. But he chose not to.
Rooney’s lucky these were English monkeys. South African baboons not only wreck your car, but you find all the missing parts for sale the next day on eBay.
Huge Upset: Not one British tabloid went with the headline ‘Cheeky Monkeys’ on this. Poorly played, lads.
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Wayne and Coleen Rooney’s monkey business at safari park [Daily Mirror]
Monkey Business! Wayne and Coleen Rooney’s car takes a beating after trip to safari park with Kai [London Daily Mail]
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- lewp - May 10, 2011 at 4:13 PM
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I guess they went ape over Audi then?
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- cur68 - May 10, 2011 at 5:30 PM
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What is it about Rooney that just makes every dumb ape out there want to kill him? I bet he did something to set off the baboons. That would be just like him.
