Man Clicks On Monkey

Internet User Successfully 'Clicks On The Monkey' After 75 Attempts

Roland Kemp, a 23 year-old customer services assistant from Rochford, Essex,
was celebrating today after successfully completing a challenge set by online
credit company eaziloanz.com to 'click on the monkey'.

"I literally could not believe it," a jubilant Kemp told reporters on his doorstep
yesterday. "At first, I thought I'd never be able to click on that little monkey - it
was moving so fast. But I persevered. I clicked and clicked and eventually I got
him. I'm over the moon."

The monkey in question is an animated graphic that appears in a 'banner' (an
internet advertisement) promoting eaziloanz.com. The challenge for the user is
to click on the rapidly moving monkey as it darts from side to side.

It took Kemp one hour and 75 attempts before he successfully completed the
task, making him the first person ever to have clicked on the eaziloanz.com
monkey. Kemp then progressed to the next level of the website's challenge: a
complex series of 'pop-up' windows carefully designed to confuse and
disorientate users.

"That part was pretty tricky. Every time I closed a window, two new ones
popped up," said Kemp. "I honestly didn't expect that. I almost gave up at
this point, but a little voice inside me kept saying, 'carry on, carry on.'"

Eventually, a physically and emotionally drained Kemp entered the website's
main page - an online loan application form. "All I had to do then was fill in
some personal details and 'bang' I was home and dry," he said.

Kemp is now the proud recipient of a £30,000 loan, which he will be asked to
pay back at the competitive rate of 23% APR over the next 20 years.