I posted this on June 12 in the iStock PP forum, got banned quickly thereafter and later the post was deleted.

I have a buddy that works in IT at iStock and he told me that iStock cut the banana rations of the monkeys who key in the PP data and the monkeys went completely bananas!! (pun intended) The monkeys are essentially rioting, destroying equipment and throwing feces all over the place. Total disaster.

The monkey problem is so bad the iStock IT department is considering switching to computers to both automate and speed up the process. I for one welcome that change.

But, hey, that's just what I heard.

It was a cheeky post but my intent was to have a laugh at iStock's expense and bring a little humour to a troubling situation. I think it was quite obvious that it was fictional.

Now as the problems continue on for nearly another week, I am beginning to think my fictitious anecdote, as impossible as it seems, was totally accurate.

No wonder I got banned from the forums so quickly, I inadvertently exposed their dark monkey secret.