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Now Let's Watch Some Suburban Bear Cubs Frolic On A Hammock
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Ben Yakas
Published Sep 11, 2015
Modified Apr 11, 2018
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For the last couple of years now, hip bears who walk upright like cartoon characters have been cashing in their retirement plans, moving to the New Jersey suburbs, and investing in above ground pools. Nothing screams 'The American Dream' quite like a lush green lawn, 2.5 bear cubs, and a backyard hammock, the perfect place to take a load off after a busy day down at the honey mines.
God bless the United States of Hammock Hut, Hammocks-R-Us, Put-Your-Butt-There, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, and a little place called Mary Ann's Hammocks. Huh, does anyone know who invented the hammock?
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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