feed the monkeys?

[blouen]

There is one member in another forum(not an English forum) that welcomes new members this way:

Welcome

Please do not feed the monkeys!


What does he mean?

[jomo27]

No idea.

Maybe its just a funny slogan.

[blouen]

maybe.

I hope somebody could help me out with this.

[jomo27]

Blouen, can you please check my letter.
Its in the 'Writing Topics', the title is 'Letter for a university'

THANKS!

[Anglika]

There is one member in another forum(not an English forum) that welcomes new members this way:

Welcome

Please do not feed the monkeys!


What does he mean?

Used on zoo cages to stop people encouraging the monkeys to eat things that are bad for them.

Maybe this person is saying (1) don't post rubbish and (2) don't encourage those who do post rubbish.

[jomo27]

Anglika, can you please check my letter too?

THANKS!

[heidita]

Anglika, very interesting answer. I had never heard this idiom.

[jomo27]

Used on zoo cages to stop people encouraging the monkeys to eat things that are bad for them.

Maybe this person is saying (1) don't post rubbish and (2) don't encourage those who do post rubbish.

Your description is quite interesting. I had not think about that before.

[blouen]

Thanks, Anglika.

Promise, I won't feed the monkeys!

[MrPedantic]

Yes; it might be a variant of "Please do not feed the trolls".

MrP