Posts Tagged ‘ Banana Stupid ’

Doritos that Raunch Your Nards…

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The banana – pushed by Chiquita, these days, as an alternative to junk food – is the food of peace. Doritos (especially this Japanese “flavor”) are the snack of hatred, violence, and war.

Right now, I’m thinking I want some Doritos.

A kick in the "cool ranch" always feels great.

A kick in the "cool ranch" always feels great.

And in a semi non-random and possibly tasteless juxtaposition..the Banana Split Blizzard is my all-time favorite Dairy Queen treat. But this sign shows – even more – that her royal highness is no monarchist.)

Buy a blizzard or the terrorists win (via reddit.)

Buy a blizzard or the terrorists win.

Doritos shot from ExplainThisImage. Dairy Queen from Reddit.

Schoolkids Jailed for Dressing as Banana and Monkey

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How absolutely messed up is this? The principal of this school is an ignorant jackass. So is anybody else who signed on to this. Local police? Do you have fun jailing kids in costumes? Halloween’s going to be a blast!

Here’s what happened.

One kid put on a banana suit. The other kid put on a gorilla suit.

They ran across a football field during their school’s homecoming game.

School officials had them arrested for TRESPASSING.

The kids the night in jail.

They have now been suspended for two weeks.

For my overseas readers, suspension from high school can be a serious issue – it can keep you from getting into a good college, no matter what the cause. That’s because some college administrators apply rules as draconian as some high school administrators.

This happened at Flower Mound High School, near Fort Worth, Texas.

Proving that you don’t mess with Texas, that football is more important than fun or creativity AND especially more than reasonable, rational thought.

Or justice.

Here’s a story from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Here’s a Facebook support group for the kids, who are named Curtis Patton (age 17) and Sean Kight (18).

By the way, this isn’t the first time in a year when students got punished for wearing silly costumes.

Mark Cavendish, Bananas, and the Tour de France

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Is this cyclist named after the famous banana? (Photo from the Telegraph UK)

British cyclist Mark Cavendish won the fifth stage of the Tour de France. I’ve gotten several notes (including one from my dad) wondering whether he’s related to the Cavendish family from whose name the world’s most popular banana variety was derived. I’ve checked around, and the answer is that I don’t know. If you do, post a comment below.

In the meantime:

Here’s an article in Bicycling magazine that explains why the banana is “cycling’s perfect food.”

Here’s a previous entry on the Cavendish family connection to bananas.

Here’s a link to an outdated book I wrote about the Tour de France.

Cavendish’s personal website is here; his Wikipedia entry is here.

Chiquita doesn't like the iPhone

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The company’s chief information officer says so here. They probably use Blackberries. The phone pictured above is neither; it is LG’s “Banana” model, which is only available in Korea. (OK, so it was a slow banana news week. After the onslaught of disease, terrorism, and Chiquita-related news, thank goodness.)

Monkeys+Bananas=Moola?

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California’s latest racket lottery game is “Go Bananas,” a scratch-off contest that claims odds of about one winner per every five tickets (at a buck each.) That includes tickets that win you other tickets. The chance of getting real cash are twelve to one. In the interest of public service, I’ve purchased five tickets, labelled them, and will scratch one out every day for the coming week. If you’re really bored, check back in tomorrow to see what I won (half of everything I win will go to Bioversity International, the banana conservation organization.)

THE WAY THE TICKET WORKS: You scratch off six boxes. If three match you win. There’s a bonus “quick $10 spot” box that – if the number ten is revealed – nets you that amount of money.

MONDAY I LOST. Got a pair of $6.00 scratches, and one $500. Tease. TUESDAY I LOST. Got a pair of $150s. WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, LOST LOST LOST! Lesson: you can’t save bananas with lottery tickets.

Here’s a stupid page from the California lottery that lists the entire array of theft devices they offer.

The point of all this, besides making me richer than the book ever could, is to point out – once again – that the origin of the term “go bananas” is not necessarily known. See here.

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