Dead in here today...

[Marc]

Re: Spelling!

I 'spect one with a glass bowel would have it easy... probably no need for a colonoscopy. :dunce:



I swear some of the people I work with have glass bowels.... as their heads are quite far up there and yet the continue to walk without bumping into things (most of the time).


There, second grievance aired.

Don't want to go over my quota.


Perhaps after all of our grievances have been aired we can move on to the e-feats of strength...

Please no more "nasty cracks" about my spelling. I'm very sensitive there!

Ha! Aren't we all!

 

[bvibert]

I hate it when you're trying to peel a slightly under-ripe banana and can't get the top started and you end up mushing the top all to hell.

Why can't they just ripen faster?? We have microwaves that reheat food, how has someone not invented a banana ripener?

I ussually end up ripping the top 1" or so of the banananana right off... :anrgy:

 

[ctenidae]

Put your bananas in a paper bag with an apple. 1 day, they're ripe. You could probably do without the apple even, since bananas produce enough of the ripening gas (ethylene something or other, I think)- hence the banana hangers (as oposed to banana hammocks) you can get, that let the ripening gas (bananas give me ripe gas, sometimes) drift away. My wife prefers my banana to be firm, too.

Man, who knew there was so much comedic potential in a banana? I mean, slipping on the peel is classic, but this is ridiculous!

 

[noski]

Put your bananas in a paper bag with an apple. 1 day, they're ripe. You could probably do without the apple even, since bananas produce enough of the ripening gas (ethylene something or other, I think)- hence the banana hangers (as oposed to banana hammocks) you can get, that let the ripening gas (bananas give me ripe gas, sometimes) drift away. My wife prefers my banana to be firm, too.

Man, who knew there was so much comedic potential in a banana? I mean, slipping on the peel is classic, but this is ridiculous!

And, to keep bananas from ripening too fast (ie the dreaded brown spots...) put them in a ziplock bag with a dry paper towel. They will stay firmer much longer. I have a banana bag at home, it smells of banana and I wouldn't put anything else in it.

 

[Marc]

There's ANOTHER banana grievance I need to air-

When carried in an enclosed space (bag, lunch receptacle of any kind) everying tastes and smells like banana.

I now carry my 10 o'clock banana external to my lunch bag. Damn PITA.

 

[tirolerpeter]

Banana issues

There's ANOTHER banana grievance I need to air-

When carried in an enclosed space (bag, lunch receptacle of any kind) everying tastes and smells like banana.

I now carry my 10 o'clock banana external to my lunch bag. Damn PITA.

That's risky. Keep a firm grip on it so you don't lose it. Your "10:00 O'Clock" could be very disappointing without it.

 

[Paul]

Hmmm..


I thought Festivus wasn't until December. :blink:

 

[JimG.]

You guys sound like a bunch of old men using Viagra with this firm/ripe banana debate :x .

It's clear you all need to ski immediately.

 

[bvibert]

You guys sound like a bunch of old men using Viagra with this firm/ripe banana debate :x .

It's clear you all need to ski immediately.

Do you think my health insurance company will pay for plane tickets if I tell them its for a prescribed treatment from my Dr... Dr JimG??

 

[JimG.]

You guys sound like a bunch of old men using Viagra with this firm/ripe banana debate :x .

It's clear you all need to ski immediately.

Do you think my health insurance company will pay for plane tickets if I tell them its for a prescribed treatment from my Dr... Dr JimG??

Sorry B, I wouldn't count on that one.

 

[Marc]

Hmmm..


I thought Festivus wasn't until December. :blink:

This is e-Festivus :beer:



And thankfully I am young enough to be talking about the banana's that grow on trees. Although this whole thread, when read in a different way could legimately include Bob Dole somewhere in the mix...

 

[noski]

Hmmm..


I thought Festivus wasn't until December. :blink:

This is e-Festivus :beer:

And thankfully I am young enough to be talking about the banana's that grow on trees. Although this whole thread, when read in a different way could legimately include Bob Dole somewhere in the mix...

Do you think Bob Dole had any clue whatsoever as to what he was doing? I mean, do you think the stagehand (no pun) said, "Here, hold this like so while you say..." and he just did it? That was so bizarre.

 

[smitty77]

And thankfully I am young enough to be talking about the banana's that grow on trees. Although this whole thread, when read in a different way could legimately include Bob Dole somewhere in the mix...

Is Dole in the bananas business, or just in fruit? Bob Dole's in that age bracket where he doesn't buy green bananas anymore... He may not be around when they're ripe enough to sink his dentures into them.
How about a commercial with Bob in a banana hammock with Gwen Stefani in the background singing "this s#!t is bananas...B-A-N-A-N-A-S." Yeah. uke:

You guys sound like a bunch of old men using Viagra with this firm/ripe banana debate :x .

It's clear you all need to ski immediately.

Won't have to look for that lost ski pole with all this Viagra laying around. :lol:

:idea: Marc, just bite the end off the banana, peel and all, and spit it on the ground. Just like a cigar. The top portion gets destroyed anyway, and you'll look so much more like a bad@ss while doing it.

Yeah, feeling punchy from the rain....

 

[JimG.]

Fascinating how the word "Viagra" immediately conjures up Bob Dole for alot of folks.

If I were the director of marketing for Pfizer I'd be really distressed by that connection.

 

[Marc]

Did you know Viagra was originally developed as a treatment for hypertension.

It was during the clinical trials they discovered its interesting side effect.


If I were in charge of that marketing campaign, I wouldn't have used Bob Dole... all they need is a good slogan or catch phrase... like...

"Viagra: pitching tents since 1998"

 

[tirolerpeter]

Where's my banana?

You guys sound like a bunch of old men using Viagra with this firm/ripe banana debate :x .

It's clear you all need to ski immediately.

I think you have hit the nail/banana on the head. Do you think we would be wasting our time on this if there were snow out there?

 

[JimG.]

Re: Where's my banana?

Do you think we would be wasting our time on this if there were snow out there?

Certainly not, at least I hope not.

 

[zowi420]

Remember "The Black Banana"....that bar in Philadelphia?

 

[zowi420]

:

[:idea: Marc, just bite the end off the banana, peel and all, and spit it on the ground. Just like a cigar. The top portion gets destroyed anyway, and you'll look so much more like a bad@ss while doing it.

....

In the movie "Moving", Randy Quaid bites into a banana without peeling it, and Richard Pryor asks him, "Aren't you going to peel that?" and he answers, "Why? I know what's in it!"

 

[loafer89]

Bananas would be the correct term for how I am feeling after rain for %^&*%$# days!