Just before this gets nasty, the UK is known as 'Monkey Island' by many Europeans, due to many things that appear very strange to outsiders, such as this latest STN action.
Monkey Island was a very popular computer game, where the hero had to work his way though a mysterious environment, to win the heart of his beloved.
So it is not intended to be nasty and my use reflects the trouble Strake encountered in getting a reasonable explanation.