the eric update – day 628: on bananas, monkeys, extinction and the economics of peeling.



although the humble banana was, quite literally, odin’s first solid food his interest in the fruit has waxed and mostly waned over the months as he seemed interested in eating only protein, blueberries and cheerios ( pretty much in that order of preference ).

but now monkeys are cool and he knows monkeys eat bananas and so thanks to the powers of toddler logic, bananas are back on the menu.

it’s amazing to think that by the time odin reaches adulthood some believe that bananas as we know them will no longer exist ( obviously, some disagree ).

well at least there’s a bit more time for us to relax on a saturday afternoon and ponder the economics of peeling bananas. i’m a peel-from-the-stem kind of guy, but given his interest in all things simian we should probably teach him how to properly peel a banana just like monkeys ( and many other cultures ) do it.

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