I have to agree.
The first time I saw the catfish dead and still laying about, I thought it very detrimental to the atmosphere. They were in strange places, and you had to just ignore them. Secondly the monkey in a barrel, I can't even imagine what use it has and how one would go about using it. Fifty charges with a 100 pounds to carry it around. Even for just a one time use, it doesn't make sense to me.
Not that someone can't make sense of how to use it, but so far I've only heard and seen it cause grief more than story or any atmosphere even when sincerely used to do so.
I certainly can live without these in the server.
Edit: The only solution I gave was to remove them, but it's really over my head in terms with its purpose as a cursed item. I've seen the Doll in use before by an AMPC wight that summoned it to aid him. It caused a distraction for us long enough for someone to get near him, as the doll had attacked him and he was too busy trying to get it to attack us but couldn't. It caused a rewarding comical moment in the scene that wasn't too detrimental, and it passed quickly. These monkeys and catfish, however, seem to be a little too over the top.