The U.S. may indeed avoid a recession without QE3, but when economies are barely growing above 1%, one slip on a banana peel is all it takes to end up in intensive care for a few months.

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With a Vivanno, a barista must simply peel a banana (the simplest of tasks, thanks to God or several centuries of farmers), which is placed into a blender already in stores for producing iced frappuccino drinks.

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He designed their first album cover, which incorporated the banana symbol and the phrase "peel slowly and see".

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