I think he had one eye on Woman when he didn’t create any more banana-like fruits. That or he didn’t want to put Anne Summers out of business.
Then why did He create the cucumber, the carrot, and, God help me, the eggplant?
He’s essentially pro anti-trust and anti-monopolies in any given field, including the vegetable field.
Regarding veggies, some of these objects are not every woman’s cup of tea, unless you clean them and parboil them first. And that would have the unwanted effect of reducing the libido of all but the most hyper-sexual woman (granting that some exist, despite Andrea Dworkin’s pronouncements).
Another advantage of the banana, of course, not already mentioned, is that it comes with a built-in condom, so it’s state-of-the-art as far as safe sex goes.
Mmmm, I just made some instant banana pudding the other night and FROZE it! It has been a delicious creamy cold dessert over the last few evenings, lighter than ice cream and just as yummy.
Very true. What we think of as a banana is really the seed pod of the banana tree. In a wild banana, it’s packed with golf ball sized seeds, with just a bit of mushy stuff surrounding them. The plants we eat are triploid, meaning they have three copies of every chromosome instead of two. This means that they’re unable to sexually reproduce, because you can’t split the chromosome up evenly during meiosis. Thus, the seeds spontaneously abort early during development, and the pod fills with the mush instead. Those little black specks you see in bananas are really seed abortuses.
The more you know…
And, yes, I realize no one reading this cares.
Will Pope Adolf I eat them, I wonder, given that the plant has apostated twofold, first by the sin of Onan and secondly by abortion?
Threefold, actually, now that I think about it, as its the first fail-safe 100% guaranteed money-back-if-you’re-not-satisfied prophylactic.
And, don’t put yourself down, that was the most interesting thing I read today since coming back from lunch.
Just yesterday I had a smoothie made of lemon, banana, and coconut milk. It sure tasted right.
(My “location” here at the SDMB used to be “Afghanistan Banana Stand” before I closed it down and moved to Bracebridge Hall.)
Banana cake is the yummiest!
Here’s a cute link I stumbled across while trying to find out how much potassium is in a banana:
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/10/18/the_amazing_banana.htm
Weird, I was never allergic to bananas until about 3 years ago, and then had a real banana milkshake that doubled me over in stomach pain. Ever since then, everytime I eat anything when banana in it, it causes the same reaction. Apparently, you have sent your allergy my way!
I do! I care! I’m fascinated.
Not the least because I’ve learned the most sexual (read:phallic) of fruits is actually asexual…poor things.
I love bananas. I do like 4-5 hour bike rides on Saturdays, and my breakfast is peanut butter toast with banana slices on it. I’ll bring 1-2 bananas with me on the ride, and they are the BEST fuel over any eloctrolyte drink or power bar. They’re easy to carry neatly and get into. You instantly seem to get the energy of it. And, you don’t mind throwing away the wrapper. 
To the OP: try it for breakfast. Peanut butter on toast, with sliced banana. Oh man, I almost wish I was you so I could re-experience the banana all over again. Banana bread, banana in cereal, banana cream pudding. “Chunky Monkey” Ben & Jerries. Jesus, man, I wouldn’t leave the house for the next 6 months if I just found out I wasn’t allergic to bananas.
Recent banana tale: I had the brainstorm one day of hanging the “knob” of the banana bunch on the edge of a shelf. Try it. You’d be surprised at how nicely they balance, no matter how many there are. Problem is they would fall to the counter if you brushed up against them.
Aside: one day I was in this antique shop and saw this little cast iron monkey with one long arm up and one long arm down with curved hands at the ends. She had little nipples and a round belly, probably from eating too many bananas. The overall effect is that of an elongated ‘S’ with a bulge in the middle (that being the monkey’s head, torso and feet). If you recall the game “Barrel of Monkeys” she looks like those plastic monkeys, but about 7" long and HEAVY. I used to hang a belt from her, and I use to hand her on the end of a stick I have in my house and try to grab the dog’s collar with it, but recently she’s just been sitting in a drawer.
Back to the bananas falling from the shelf. Somehow it dawned on me one day – and this was one of those ideas where the inspiration is so clear and from out of nowhere that it could only be Divinity – that that monkey could hold the bunch of bananas with his hook hands. Not only would this cure the problem of the bananas falling, but it would give the monkey something to do AND it would be so cool that I’d always want to have bananas at home. Not to mention, IT’S A MONKEY!
Needless to say, the idea worked to perfection.
The monkey hangs from the shelf, holding the bananas in his down-stretched arm, but he also hangs from a kitchen cabinet knob.
I love bananas. The perfect fruit.
You forgot the crumbled bacon. No pb and banana sandwich is complete w/o the crumbled bacon bits. They’re even better if fry them instead of toasting them.
And did you know that if you put them in the refrigerator when they start to get freckles, they will keep for several days? The skins will turn brown but the meat does not.
I was told once, too, that you can freeze them (without the skin) but I haven’t tried that as I’m too impatient to wait for the thaw. Maybe I could nuke them?
And then when I finish my daily 'nana, I put the peel (along with other miniscule food waste that won’t insinkerate) in the freezer until I make a run to the Dumpster.
But why, oh why, can’t they synthesize them or find a way to keep them from spoiling so fast (other than my system)? I hate having to go to the store every week just to replenish my daily “fix” (and yogurt).
I’m just the opposite; I love bananas raw but the thought of eating them cooked (banana bread, banana pudding ) makes me retch.
Smeghead: Well, I’ll be horsewhipped. I’ve known for years that the little black flecks in a banana were seeds, but I always assumed that they were viable. Do they propagate banana trees by cuttings, then?
Sliced bananas in custard is pretty good. Loved it as a kid. Then there’s the good old banana sandwich - mashed bananas used as a filling, and sprinkled with brown sugar.
or is it through Bananas Gone Wild ?
Seriously, how do Bananas Get It On, so to speak?
And how does a doper who is ironically named Smeghead know so much about Banana spooje?*/**
- we wish it tasted like bananas.
**Banana Spooje would be a great band name.
Yup.
I was capable of retaining, say, 10% of the information I heard in my college genetics classes. My brain decided this bit of trivia was going to be included for some reason.
Bananas trees are propagated by rhizomes.
Many other plants, such as the immensely important hop plant, are cultivated using rhizomes.