Auckland MeFi meetup Monkeys are bound to be welcome at tomorrow's Mefi meetup in Cornwall Park. Bananas optional. Sorry for the late notice - we'll do better next time.

In New Zealand we take our bananas seriously. Recent auction for banana guard. Fits both Costa Rican AND Ecuadoran. Read the whole page. (Hat tip to our own rodgerd, who runs the stupid-stuff mailing list, and subscriber Bruce Norris, without whom I would never have seen this).

Curious Long Term Relationship George: what is "settling"? How do you know when you're doing it? Sometimes you hear people say someone is "settling", but what makes this different from the compromises we all must make to get along? You know that you're settling when... ? (Yes, I have a personal interest in this right now).

Kiwious Jorge: what to get the new citizen? Since there are so many Kiwi monkeys, I have a question for yez. A Colombian friend has finally been awarded permanent NZ residence. What iconic welcome present would you give him?

Curious George: monkey banana meme The Hannah-monkey asked this morning "why do people think that monkeys just like bananas, instead of other fruit"? Help me help an eight year old - how did this pop culture association start, and is it true?