rum – Orangette https://orangette.net Fri, 22 Jul 2016 23:40:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 Big, bad, banana https://orangette.net/2006/10/big-bad-banana/ https://orangette.net/2006/10/big-bad-banana/#comments Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:52:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/big-bad-banana I was not an easy child. I was afraid of thunderstorms, and of the vacuum cleaner. My head was so big that I would wind up in tears when my mother tried to wedge it through a turtleneck. I was terrified of needles, so much so that nurses had to sit on me to give me my booster shots. Even sweet, wrinkly E.T. scared the crap out of me, with his weird misshapen head and creepy glowing finger. And on top of all that, I hated bananas. Kids are supposed to love bananas — when all else fails, that, at least, is supposed to be easy. My poor, patient mother did her best. To ease her mind, she once consulted…

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