Ranting and Raving

ekevu reminded me of the Peanut Butter Jelly Time meme, which I thought I had successfully repressed.

You know, I've known about this meme for three years. It's always bugged me in a way that was way out of proportion to what it is. I mean, the Badger meme is every bit as annoying, yet I find it cute. But this one has always made me seethe.

I think I know why. It's because the phrase "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" means to me that at some arbitrary time, known as "Peanut Butter Jelly Time," all things that have nothing to do with peanut butter and jelly must cease, while peanut butter and jelly is forced upon me whether I want them or not. It ties into the notion that nothing, not even peanut butter and jelly, can escape having a particular time assigned to it. And that all our time is programmed by forces outside ourselves, right down to the level of when "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" shall be.

I mean, why should anyone decide for me when "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" shall be, or for that matter whether there shall be such a thing as "Peanut Butter Jelly Time?" And all-in-all, I rather think I would prefer to have that singing banana sliced upon my peanut butter than any jelly at all.

And yes, in case you were wondering, this does in all likelihood have something to do with my mother.