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1. oliviab
   October 11th, 2006 at 4:04 am

   Loved reading all about bananas, but what about a bit of an international perspective. Here in Australia, following cyclone Larry which destroyed many of our major banana crops in the past year, the price of bananas has leapt to about $16.00 a kilo, which is about $20US$. I haven’t eaten a banana in about six months because of the cost. If anyone wants to send me a case of them, please, be my guest.

   I miss them. I miss their idiosyncratic twisted shape, their cool tropical taste, and their kind of slimy texture. I miss the potassium hit they give me, and I miss the luscious sweet snack they afford. I miss their every dayness. A banana should not be a luxury item.

   Bring back the cheap banana and bring it back soon. Please!

2. Charles
   October 11th, 2006 at 4:20 am

   What about Bananaman he’s a British comic fictional character from the 80’s.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananaman
   http://www.toonhound.com/bananaman.htm

3. Aleki
   October 11th, 2006 at 4:40 am

   What about the fact that bananas are facing extinction… I haven’t heard too much about that lately. Here’s a link

   http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/5a4d4c3ee4d05010vgnvcm1000004eecb ccdrcrd.html

4. Paul
   October 11th, 2006 at 6:27 am

   It’s also “the athiest’s nightmare” according to no less than Kirk Cameron (or at least some guy sitting next to him): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfv-Qn1M58I

5. megmeg
   October 11th, 2006 at 12:11 pm

   ring ring ring ring ring ring ring BANANA PHONE!!!

6. pld
   October 11th, 2006 at 1:36 pm

   Yeah, reminds me how, when I was a wee teenager, dried the stuff on the inside of banana peels and tried to smoke it. You know teens, always trying to get high off whatever they can lay their hands on. Needless to say, I was a victim of the Mellow Yellow myth.

7. electric dave
   October 11th, 2006 at 3:19 pm

   and if you happen to be sitting on a beach in the tropics,the dried leaves make great rolling “papers”

8. Dave
   October 11th, 2006 at 9:24 pm

   I visited Africa (Cameroon) a few years back, and tasting the bananas & other fruits there has spoiled me for life. The bananas we get here in the States taste like cardboard by comparison. And the pineapple…

9. brad
   October 12th, 2006 at 12:23 am

   i manage a grocery store with average daily sales between 30,000 & $40,000. At any given moment, if I look at the top 100 items in terms of sales, bananas are always, without exception number 1.

10. Miss Cellania
    October 12th, 2006 at 11:14 am

    Plus, after mother’s milk, its nature’s best babyfood.

11. Dave
    October 12th, 2006 at 9:36 pm

    … bananas are always, without exception number 1.

    Where do they rank in profit margin?

12. Alex
    October 13th, 2006 at 2:00 am

    From Bananaman’s wikipedia entry:

    Look up in the sky, it’s a bird!
    No, it’s a plane!
    NO, it’s Banana Man, King of Potassium.
    Go, Banana, go, go, banana,
    PEEL BANANA, PEEL BANANA,
    Go crazy banana,
    Yaaaaaaay BANANA!

    Thanks for the fantastic find, Charles!

13. Tara
    April 19th, 2007 at 7:24 am

    how do u make it, to trip off of banana peels?

14. MarkH
    May 18th, 2007 at 9:41 am

    Tara, apparently you didn’t read the part in the article where they explain tripping from banana peels was just a myth. Less tripping, more reading, girl.

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