#30YearsofGIFs – 2

 

Our second #30YearsofGIFs post introduces the ‘Dancing Banana’. This little yellow fellow was another Internet GIF pioneer. Appearing in the early 2000s, this fruit derived from a cult Flash video “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” made by Ryan Gancenia Etrata and Kevin Flynn (with the song “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” by The Buckwheat Boyz). Just like the Dancing Baby, the banana achieved celebrity status, appearing in a 2005 episode of Family Guy.

The Dancing Banana became so well-known that some forum owners set the word banana to show a dancing banana emoticon GIF.

Check out this fun article on GIF history by magazine ScoopWhoop, with its very own illustrative GIFs https://www.scoopwhoop.com/30yearsofgif/

Credits: Vijay Shah, Blingee, Know Your Meme

MelonPiggy

 

In light of the recent events that have shocked my city, we all unanimously need cheering up, so here is a GIF of a cute piglet eating a watermelon.

Credits: Via Panah Rad, Rad GIFs & Videos and Google+

Bananarama

 

If my bananas were this rubbery, I’d be concerned. If brown spots and spiders weren’t enough to worry about in the world of the yellow gun-shaped fruit.

Credits: Emiliano Neroni via gfycat, Tumblr, Sune Orange Lilla, Awesome GIF’s. and Facebook

 

The shopping trip from hell

 

Just started my second week off work. Decided to go out for a haircut then a quick trip to the Tesco Express at the Greengate junction to do the weekly food shop. Once I got to the self-service till, all hell broke loose. First I discovered one item was split open , so had to run off to get a replacement. I came back to realise stupidly that I’d left my wallet on the till unattended. Whoops!. Then one of the shopping bags broke at the handle, so I had to buy a couple more, cos lots of shopping… Then the 50 pence piece I put into the machine jammed and the staff nearly forgot to give me the change from the bags. Thanks God I’m home now

Credits: rawhyde99 via GifCities and Internet Archive

Fruity gifts

 

I arrived in the office this morning to find an orange on my desk, very similar to the one in this GIF. My friend and deskmate Sandra had some oranges she was trying to offload from home, and hence the arrival of my new Vitamin C-rich companion.

Credits: imgflip via Reddit GIFs and Giphy

Banana with sock issues

How did he manage to get the other sock on?…did a pineapple step in to assist?

Credits: Giphy via Liliane Brain‎, GIFS to share. GIFS à partager. and Facebook

Redcurrant tea – infused with love

Redcurrant fruit tea – the ultimate romantics’ morning beverage!

Credits: Tagstat via Elisabeth Pauswek, GIFS to share. GIFS à partager. and Facebook