# I like bananas a bunch **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 258
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5145 "2020-07-02T14:30:52Z")
'Rind and 'rind and 'rind we go – where we stop, nobody knows. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5146 "2020-07-02T18:39:46Z")
Orange you gonna tell me more? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5147 "2020-07-02T21:14:16Z")
Knock, knock. Avon calling! ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5148 "2020-07-04T05:53:31Z")
Shouldn’t that be “ding-dong” when the Avon lady calls? After all, doesn’t knocking affect the cosmetic quality of the door? ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5149 "2020-07-04T07:35:14Z")
Knock, knock! Who’s there? It’s me, The Avon Lady, you ding-dong! ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5150 "2020-07-04T08:42:12Z")
And she’s the foundation upon which this conversation rests. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5151 "2020-07-05T02:30:55Z")
You make me blush! ---
**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:** [July 5, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5152 "2020-07-05T02:53:39Z")
If you imitate a clock using your mouth, does that mean that your lips tick? ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5153 "2020-07-05T16:32:49Z")
But then people will wonder why you’re not tocking. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5154 "2020-07-05T22:44:00Z")
Wouldn’t you get a big hand anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5155 "2020-07-05T22:58:54Z")
That makes me wonder – if a clockmaker takes up cigarettes, do his assistants have to worry about second-hand smoke? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5156 "2020-07-05T23:21:44Z")
Guess we’d just have to watch and see. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5157 "2020-07-06T00:27:32Z")
Ok, guys, dial it back. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5158 "2020-07-06T17:14:35Z")
I was going to hand it to you for a second there. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5159 "2020-07-06T23:31:47Z")
Let’s not get too wound up about this. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5160 "2020-07-07T01:21:33Z")
There’s a lot of watches you don’t wind up at all nowadays, in casio haven’t heard. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5161 "2020-07-10T18:31:38Z")
I know I’ve heard of those watches before, but it seems like such a long Timex ago. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5162 "2020-07-10T19:06:39Z")
Watches that you don’t wind up? Sounds like so much Bulova. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5163 "2020-07-10T21:36:08Z")
But assume that it’s true, just for the seiko argument. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/5164 "2020-07-11T04:52:17Z")
Well, according to the lore we have heard, even a battery-powered watch needs adjusting from time to time. What, you expected me to say, “Well, according to the lore us have heard…”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859.md?page=257) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859.md?page=259)