Monkey See, Monkey Do

A couple of weeks ago, I awoke in the night to a Sasquatch standing over my bed and grunting. Rather than screaming with fear, I asked the beast, "What's wrong?" It whimpered out something that sounded like "charlie horse".

The past few nights, I myself and woken up with a serious cramp in my calf. Last night was no exception. Having suffered too many nights in a row, I told Gllen that I had been getting charlie horses in the middle of the night, and he exclaimed "Me too!". (On a side note, we had a discussion about how we deal with the charlie horse, where my remedy is to pull my toes back towards my knee until the muscle releases. He was unaware of this procedure and told me he usually just sits or stands up until it goes away. He's passive like that.) With new resolve, I told him, "We need to get some bananas."

This excited him to no end, (and not just because he could hollaback some Gwen Stafani to me). He tells me, in a secretive manner, "I've discovered a new way to eat bananas!" I wanted to know what he meant and inquired if it was a new preparation he learned, or some sort of ingredient combination. He wouldn't give. I was promised a demonstration once I returned with the bananas.

Upon my return from the grocery store, I handed Gllen a banana and he grinned from ear to ear. He asked me, "How do you peel your banana?" I shrugged, never having given it much thought. "Do you snap the top?" He asked. I was like, "yeah, of course." With an air of expertise, he said "There is a much better way." He took the banana and held it with the bottom up. He pinched the bottom of the banana, and the peel split in two and unfolded from the fruit. He explained "This is the way monkeys do it".

Unable to hide my mirth, I asked, "How did you learn what monkeys do?" He told me with sincerity, "I saw an online video" and bit into the banana.

Later when I visited him in his office, I told him that I had opened my own banana that way and it worked rather well. He excitedly asked me, "Did you notice that it makes a handle???!!!!"

Next thing you know, he'll be telling me how a stick is such a HANDY tool to capture and eat ants with.