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:: Sunday, March 11, 2007 ::

Bananas in Pyjamas

Olivia sometimes turned on the television in the afternoon to the children's shows. B lay on her mat, staring at the venitian blinds, so it was definitely more for Olivia's benenfit than hers. Often it seemed to be 'Bananas in Pyjamas.' Olivia watched it, thinking about how it seemed that the bananas had been reinvented since she was a child. The next time she called Steph she told her about it.
'When I was little I always thought the bananas were kind of creepy,' she said.
'Why?' asked Steph.
'Just that whole stalking of the teddy bears, I guess,' said Olivia. 'Trying to catch them unawares. I always wondered what they would do with the banans once they caught them. It's weird.'
'I guess so,' said Steph, but Olivia could tell she didn't really see what Olivia meant. It was hard to explain - the uncomfortable feeling she had always had about the Bananas as a child. And whose pyjamas were they in? And why were they wearing them? She had always suspected that they weren't really bananas at all. They were something disguising themselves as something bland, easily digestible, so that the teddy bears would be lulled into a false sense of security.

:: Fretting 10:22 AM [+] ::
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