Category Archives: banana peels

Watchout! Rorschach Test

Many thanks to home detective and armchair psychoanalyst Bob, who spotted this ambiguous shape in San Rafael on May 15.

This one looks like a small, squished clown. Or maybe the dirty ribbon that I used to play with as a child? Or actually, I think it's my old teacher, Miss Katz-Butts. Whatever it is, it's trying to ruin my life!

This one looks like a tiny, squished giraffe Or the dirty ribbon that I used to play with as a child… Or actually, I think it’s my old teacher, Miss Katz-Butts. Whatever it is, it’s trying to ruin my life!

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Watchout! Suspicious Behavior

On January 30, I ventured out of my house for a nice walk in the neighborhood. It was a lovely day, and I saw many interesting things, bought an overpriced juice, and browsed in the bookstore. The big city is a fascinating place, but it can be dangerous, too, as I discovered when I narrowly evaded these ominous characters loitering suspiciously in the neighborhood.

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Where the sidewalk starts or ends, depends on which direction you’re going.

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Spotted near a mysterious marking, on Franklin and Hillhurst.

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Yikes – Somebody lost their lunch!

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Watchout! Dispatch from Providence

On March 14, somebody brought a bag lunch to a restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island, and ate it outside on a bench. From the look of things, they sat there with the over-ripe banana in their right hand and a Modelo beer in their left. The person then got up and walked away, leaving their trash behind for somebody else to pick up.  Thanks to Emily, an attentive passerby, who made this important report!

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They ate outside and brought their own food, so they didn’t need to leave a tip.

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Watchout! Tragic downfall

After being discarded, this peel was treated roughly by the unforgiving Los Angeles traffic and a poorly maintained street. Although disgraced and reviled, like an impoverished princess in ragged finery, it still wears its bright blue sticker, that distinct emblem of quality, reminding us of its proud heritage, and that once, not so long ago, it was a fine, ripe piece of fruit.

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Watchout! Living Nightmare

Last night I had a dream about a cursed photograph. This morning, I found this nightmare lying in wait next to my car. Fortunately, the day got better from there.

They weren't even ripe yet -- whoever ate these must have been desperate.

They weren’t even ripe yet — still green and stringy.  Whoever ate these must have been desperate. But desperation is no excuse for reckless littering.

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