# I like bananas a bunch

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 4, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859 "2018-01-04T17:20:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/401 "2018-02-03T16:35:27Z")

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Whenever I sit down wrong, I have to Jockey for position.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/402 "2018-02-03T18:13:01Z")

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It’s time for a Fruit of the Loom joke.

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/403 "2018-02-03T19:51:25Z")

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I don’t like banana hammocks, they bunch.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/404 "2018-02-03T20:30:29Z")

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Better than banana hooks! That would be painful!

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**Author:** ![zazzles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c89c15/32.png) [@zazzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zazzles)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/405 "2018-02-03T20:48:00Z")

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Almost as bad as a but ton hook.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/406 "2018-02-04T01:51:56Z")

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Stow the gab, Mr. Smee!

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/407 "2018-02-04T03:33:22Z")

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What do you have when you have 3.14159 rodents? Pirates!

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/408 "2018-02-04T04:26:55Z")

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Did you hear about the pirates who retired and went into farming. They sold corn for a buck an ear.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/409 "2018-02-04T04:33:03Z")

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What is a pirate’s favorite letter of the alphabet? Arrrrrr!

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/410 "2018-02-04T04:38:57Z")

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Would you offer Capt.Hook a hand (of Bananas)?

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/411 "2018-02-04T05:45:45Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Would you offer Capt.Hook a hand (of Bananas)?

I would shake hands with a pirate. Really. I Kidd you not.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/412 "2018-02-04T08:10:28Z")

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I would treasure shaking hands with you.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/413 "2018-02-04T08:18:16Z")

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On an Island?

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/414 "2018-02-04T08:54:11Z")

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I have a custom stretch toilet painted metallic grey – that’s right, a Long Silver John.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/415 "2018-02-04T11:00:08Z")

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in a pub once, a pirate bought my friends and I pints of Guinness stout. That’s right, we were black beer-ded.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/416 "2018-02-04T15:12:35Z")

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All pirates keep their buccaneers under their buckin’ hats.

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/417 "2018-02-04T15:29:35Z")

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Swiss pirates are always on time. They keep their timepieces hooked up just right so they can easily read them at a glance, even while sword fighting or looting. But for their lack of water for operation, more people would know about these swatchbucklers.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/418 "2018-02-04T17:47:05Z")

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But the pirate that’s born on the Sabbath Day  
(Anne Bonny) is blithe is fair and gay.

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/419 "2018-02-05T00:47:31Z")

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Scottish pirate Captain Kidd was known for breakfasting on beef steak and a crumbly dry bread-like item covered with a surgery glaze. History came to refer to this combination as “the pirate bull and glossed scones”.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/420 "2018-02-05T02:13:52Z")

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While at sea for months, pirates got their exercise by planking. Many, after long lonely stretches without female company, would hook up with other pirates, because wives can often be lubbers too.

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