Silly Creatures

[exelis]

Personally, I always thought John's mention of a "human being" was one of the many unexplained anachronisms the Fraggles used. They were always making reference to things they logically shouldn't know about; like milk bottles, Bleach, pickles, or Wembley's banana tree shirt.

Pickles be an ancient and simple food. If they're raiding the gorgs' garden for radishes, who says they don't pickle them for later (The Great Radish Famine notwithstanding)? Pickles don't necessarily = cucumbers (I have pickled onions, garlic, and ginger in my fridge at the moment, as well as a load of cukes.)

...Of course, you're right about the other anachronisms and inconsistencies. Just wanted to point that out.

 

[CensoredAlso]

Yeah I know what you mean about the pickles. I was just trying to remember anachronisms I'd heard off the top of my head.

 

[Collgoff]

I'm thinking that long, long ago Doozers, Gorgs, Fraggles, and the other creatures knew what human beings were. Infact I am willing to bed the the legendary "Sir Hubris" was in actuality a human being.
However for reasons unknown something happened to the humanity that lived in the Fraggle Rock world and they all, but disappeared. There might be legends about creatures called "human beings", but the Fraggles, including Convincing John, have no clue that these human beings and the "Silly Creatures" are one and the same. If it is true that Sir Hubris was a man who gave the power to rule the universe then you could see why Fraggle History may have had a negative view of human beings.

Wow! Nice story!