The mystery of an age-old disease … solved!
The disease starts innocuously enough. That’s the rub. You’re hunched over your keyboard hour after hour, day after day determined to make that deadline.
The walls of your writer’s cave close in on you. The deadline approaches faster than is relatively possible (what did Einstein know about time anyway?). The pressure builds until things get so intense that you don’t know whether to light your hair on fire or run up the walls, full-on Matrix style. Because if you don’t, your head will explode.
Yeah, been there. Write long enough, and we all go there 
eventually. It seemed like a hazard of our trade. Then I discovered that this sickness has plagued mankind from the time the first ships dared to sail out to sea. But back then, they called it Cabin Fever. And it was the Muppets who found THE cure!
No hoax, folks! I wouldn’t mess with you. Honest! [Image credits: Muppet Treasure Island]
Here’s all you have to do:
- Click the START arrow on the following video and crank up the sound FULL VOLUME.
- Wear any extraneous fruit (uneaten, of course) lying around your writer’s cave as head ornamentation.
- Jump around, shaking your pirate booty in rhythm to the music (or however you damn well please). Let loose! No one’s watching (we hope).
- Use any and all solid objects as implements of percussion.
Elizabeth Fais 
I love the muppets. I feel safe that with the rain today nobody will see if I put a little fruit on my head and shake my booty. 🙂
Did you see the BIG GUY dressed like Carmen Miranda (in the background) shaking away? Hey, if he can be that brave, so can we! And the Muppets certainly won’t judge. I love it when they sing, “And now that we’re all here … we’re not all there.”
Ha! that is awesome. As per your suggestion, I am wearing a hand crafted hat made from bananas and leftover sliced strawberries as I write this response.
Thanks for the laugh and the pick me up!
Carmen Miranda move over! 😀
Lol! The Muppets hold a special place in my heart so thanks for sharing this. I was wondering what fun things I could do with my 12 yr. old today and now I know – we will be melding our pirate disguises with hand made fruit hats for our dance party. 🙂
For a 12 year old, I’d highly recommend watching “Muppet Treasure Island”. There’s a whole separate storyline going on through the film, with the rats using the ship as a cruise line. It’s hilarious!