Hallucinogenic banana skins is a misconception that must die blame Berkeley Barb

[cjepson]

@Maus_Magill

Funny - I thought the worst thing was the smell. I hate petrulli.

I don’t think the Petrullis are that much worse than other families. Did you mean patchouli?

[Maus_Magill]

@cjepson

I don’t think the Petrullis are that much worse than other families. Did you mean patchouli?

Yet another joke destroyed by my terrible spelling.

I’ll blame the hippies.

[Uncle_Brother_Walker]

@Astroboy14

My friends and I never believed it.

(Didn’t stop us from trying it during the Great Pot Drought of '86, tho…)

OMG, that was the worst drought ever!

I only remember it because I was ::ahem:: sober most of the time.

[Rhythmdvl]

There was a drought?

[Uncle_Brother_Walker]

Check out Reservior Dogs. Tim Roth’s character, albeit while undercover, references the period.

…and if they mention it in a film, of course, it must be true.

[Argent_Towers]

It’s no JENKEM.

[Harmonious_Discord]

@Argent_Towers

It’s no JENKEM.

That must be related to the** farmersuiticle** drug better known as dairyaire high or good shit. The highest potency is produced in the rolling fields of the driftless area of south west Wisconsin.

[Yllaria]

@Tenar

Because everyone born over a period of **18 YEARS **is exactly the same, and thus equally loathsome?

Good grief, that’s even worse than astrology.

Once you compared it to astrology, I had to check. Start by assuming that everyone born with the same planet in the same sign have something in common. (No, I’m not even close to a believer. I just like to play with systems.)

It takes Neptune 13.7 years to traverse a sign. So loathing boomers covers a longer period than that.

It takes Pluto 20.8 years to traverse a sign. I’m not sure how astrologers reacted to the demotion of Pluto. Probably in a zillion different, loudly conflicting ways. But if you accept the influence of Pluto - astrology can cut a wider swath than hating boomers does.

[akrako1]

How it supposedly started:

from: http://ebanana.orconhosting.net.nz/

I heard Donovan interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR Freshair. The section on smoking bananas can be heard here.

In this interview he is asked to explain the lyrics. He goes on to tell a story about the electric banana. He claims that he knew nothing about smoking banana peels, and is surprised that anyone could believe that you could get high smoking banana peels. The mystery was revealed to him when he was sitting next to Country Joe McDonald in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland in about 2000, and McDonald said to him “It was me man.” Donovan asked him to explain.

Back in 1966 Country Joe and The Fish were giving a performance that they wanted to publicise. They managed to find an old carnival float which had a huge banana on it. They decided that they would drive this float through Height-Ashbury with the band playing on the back of it. To ensure maximum publicity McDonald released to the press the information that you could get high by smoking banana peels.

All would have been forgotten, except the following Friday Donovan released “Mellow Yellow” with the famous lines
“Electrical banana
Is gonna be a sudden craze
Electrical banana
Is bound to be the very next phase”

And the rest, as they say is history.