Just look at this gilded banana.

Just look at it.

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peregrinus

Jason and the Argonauts would have been so different with this instead of a dreary fleece.
mikei

http://www.last.fm/music/Jah+Wobble/_/Bananas
bheater

Peel slowly and just look.
Amber Light

Is there some reason why Cory is obsessed with pictures of bananas?
- Roose_Bolton
  
  Probably!
- http://twitter.com/brenbart Brendan Bartlett
  
  I was wondering that myself. I suspect it’s some private joke between Cory and Poesy.
- austinhamman
  
  i was wondering that myself, a number of posts involving bananas with just “just look at it” in the description…
  - annomination
    
    it might have something to do with weightlifting…
    
    http://lolzbook.com/2012/11/just-look-at-it-2/
- glatt1
  
  http://boingboing.net/tag/bananas
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    None of the searches seem to go back to the first banana post, which was four or five years ago.
    - Felton / Moderator
      
      Here’s the oldest “just look at this banana…” post I could find through Google. Cory’s banana-related posts predate the “just look at” meme, though.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000644808593 Keyser Söze

I am pretty sure one of the Tales of the Gold Monkey is about this banana.
TheOven

I’m tired of looking at things. Just looking at it.
Rich Keller

Battle not with steampunks in Bob Basset masks, lest ye become one yourself. When you just look at the banana, the banana just looks back at you.
Sarah Golden

I love these banana posts. just love them.
SomeGuyNamedMark

“Jason and the Golden Banana” just sounds wrong
Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet

I was hoping someone could explain the banana just look at it thing to me. I am confused.
- echolocate chocolate
  
  It’s pretty self-explanatory. Just look at it!
  - Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet
    
    Oy.
DevinC

“Consider this a warning, Mr. Doctorow: don’t poach fruit from Auric Goldfinger’s private bowl.”
http://twitter.com/ErnestValdemar Ernest Valdemar

All of Cory’s “just look at it posts” are actually animated gifs. You have to look at it for a really long time — like 20 minutes — and then it happens really fast, so don’t look away or you’ll miss it. But trust me, it’s totally worth it. This one’s great!

Just look at it!