{"id":5879,"date":"2026-10-19T10:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=5879"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:59:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:59:22","slug":"bananis-new-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=5879","title":{"rendered":"Banani&#8217;s New Glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banani buys a new pair of glasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He looks at himself in the mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The frames are a little too loose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Banani<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll have to go back and get them adjusted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His wife calls him, and Banani gets startled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without realising it, he makes a surprised face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movement causes his glasses to slip off his nose and hit the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Banani<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh, no!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He picks them up and checks them over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Banani<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ah, not a scratch. Thank goodness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His wife calls him again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His glasses start slipping once more, but this time Banani notices in time and catches them mid-air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Basically, with these new glasses, Banani can&#8217;t make certain facial expressions without them sliding down his nose and falling off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When he gets to work, Banani spends the whole day trying not to make any extreme facial expressions, catching his falling glasses on two or three different occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day passes peacefully until, in the crowded control room, the boss walks in with a serious expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Boss<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone has seriously damaged the telescope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Boss<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can anyone tell me who did it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Boss<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fine. Whoever did it should know that, because of them, we&#8217;ve just lost our funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A pair of glasses hits the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banani buys a new pair of glasses. He looks at himself in the mirror. The frames are a little too loose. Banani I&#8217;ll have to go back and get them adjusted. His wife calls him, and Banani gets startled. Without realising it, he makes a surprised face. 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