It's Banantacular!


The term “Meme”, coined in 1976 by Richard Dawkins refers to a unit of cultural information that is transferable from one mind to another. Moreover, it has been suggested that memes evolve using the same process of natural selection that animals are subject to.

Case in point, the bananaphone.

Groucho Marx was the first person to be caught on film using a banana as a phone. Since that point, putting a banana to your ear has always been interpreted as an act of humor, regardless of the culture that you are in. Thus, the bananaphone meme was born.

Much like a virus, the bananaphone spent a long time in its hibernating state. Also like a virus, many were unsure at this time whether the meme was alive or dead. However, the bananaphone meme was reborn in 1994 and has since been able to reproduce it’s self in pandemic proportions.

In 1994, the album Banana Phone was released by the Canadian children’s artist Raffi. The title track, Banana Phone, is a catchy little ditty about the coolness and usefulness of the bananaphone. Similar to a banana phoenix, the bananaphone was consumed by fire and reborn out of its own ashes. Undoubtedly, it was the smoke emanating from the peel that has spread over the digital community to induce fear and respect for the bananaphone ever since.

This new incarnation of the bananaphone meme has shown to be both a creative and destructive force; the properties required to reside on the eighth point of the majikal star in our year of Eris 2012.

As the end of history approaches, evidence can be seen of humankind grasping for the bananaphone in an attempt to use the powers of the eighth point to lift them up to the saucers. See tree diagram.

However, we are not trying to influence your opinion. We are simply trying to influence your opinion. Investigate the following links and tell us how we are doing. Our bananaphone lines are open and gorillas are standing by.

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