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I have lost my Bananas


I think this should be the new replacement idiom for I have lost my marbles. I have lost my marbles had a good run of it, don't get me wrong, but it is a bit dated at this point. No one plays marbles anymore for the most part, let alone even own any, so how can one lose them? Bananas, on the other hand, carry a more subtle and complex case for crazyiness. Bananas are commonly seen as the gorilla's main food source, or if not main then at least favorite. They are known as a nutrient rich fruit that provides a plethora of essentials. In this way they make for a great joke - if you lose your bananas then you either a) Have puked that which you already ate (equivalent to forgetting that which you have learned, either academically or socially) or b) lost your stored supply or supply line of bananas (equivalent to loosing touch with what is normal and sane, loosing touch with your supply of reality). Either way you are now lacking essentials [of mental awareness]. You are missing important fuel.

This all makes for a great idiom yet there is more. The banana being a gorilla commodity, it symbolizes where we came from - our primal roots. Our societies, ancient and aging, are based on the original social interactions of man-beasts. Our societies are worse than Microsoft's operating systems - code built atop older code built atop even older, ancient, and often buggy code. Losing your bananas means losing touch with the norms of our society - losing touch with what is accepted, but not necessarily what is correct.

Rarely is the idiom used to describe a truly insane person. It is a catch-all for weirdos, hacks, and innovators. It is a term used to describe those going against the grain - people pushing up and out at the glass ceilings in our societal minds. Sort of like stretching away from our primal roots. Like sluffing off blind acceptance and embracing change and advancment. Here, again, losing your bananas applies itself in a unique and subtle way. Hurrah for the multifacetted losing your bananas. Three cheers for plantans!


i have lost my bananas


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