Bananas could be gone from the
But for now, just assume that what I say is true and that soon (historically speaking, that is) the importing of bananas into the
So, Dear Reader, lets imagine a forthcoming
1) The time honored “slip on a banana peel” joke would fall by the wayside. BANANA’0’VANISHA CONSEQUENCE CANICA METER: Not terribly significant.
2) The banana split ice cream Sunday would be no more. BANANA’0’VANISHA CONSEQUENCE CANICA METER: Hugely Significant.
3) The banana as a phallic symbol would become irrelevant. BANANA’0’VANISHA CONSEQUENCE CANICA METER: Bad for pornographers and experimental filmmakers, irrelevant to everyone else.
4) Grandmother’s homemade banana pudding would cease to be made in small southern kitchens across the nation…or at least it would cease to be made with fresh bananas. BANANA’0’VANISHA CONSEQUENCE CANICA METER: Of National Importance.
5) Artificial banana flavoring would most likely stick around, and the word “banana” as it applies to flavor would also remain as a useless artifact of culture. (another example of this is the “record scratch” sound still used in television and movies, even though the current generation of young media consumers know it only as a sound that signifies “something stopping suddenly” and have no idea where it originated from.) BANANA’0’VANISHA CONSEQUENCE CANICA METER: Interesting to sociologists and dorks like me, but not really to anybody else.
What other impact would the vanishing of Bananas from the
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I am so glad you finally have a blog. Now others can see in "print" how strange your mind works. Gotta love it.
Andrew, you said it all in this line right here
BANANA’0’VANISHA CONSEQUENCE CANICA METER: Interesting to sociologists and dorks like me, but not really to anybody else.
Lol, I am kidding. You bring up many good points, and many old people would be deprived of there pudding, which we cant make the madder than they already are.....enough said there. But how on earth do you think of something like this? I mean does it just hit you on the way home from work....oh wait, it did. Well darn, you are defying the laws of nature Andrew. Thanks for that. I got nothing for you now. How do i even know that this key board or these letters i am typing exist any more....huh?
i had no idea how one lunch with my family would affect you!
And what would Mr. Tally Man tally? Tally me a "fruit loop"?
Daylight come and we wanna go home ~to me banana.
Nice one! I suppose he would have to tally cumquats or star fruit or something. He certainly wouldn't tally Apples.
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