# 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:** ![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:** [November 17, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6065 "2021-11-17T13:29:01Z")

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Wiz is short for Wizard. Dumbledore’s got prostate troubles.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6066 "2021-11-20T17:31:46Z")

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I’m really happy after my prostate exam. My doctor gave me the thumbs up.

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**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:** [November 22, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6067 "2021-11-22T15:37:48Z")

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I got my first prostate exam last week. I am not going to that dentist again.

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**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:** [November 22, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6068 "2021-11-22T18:04:32Z")

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Sounds like you need to get a “this end up” sticker.

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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:** [November 22, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6069 "2021-11-22T22:26:07Z")

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You’d think that even a dentist would know the drill.

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6070 "2021-11-23T02:41:20Z")

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Your dentist must be enameled of you.

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**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:** [November 23, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6071 "2021-11-23T02:48:08Z")

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That really gets to the root of the issue.

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**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:** [November 23, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6072 "2021-11-23T03:10:22Z")

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Is that really the fact, or is that just pulp fiction?

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6073 "2021-11-23T05:29:44Z")

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I’m not sure. What can we extract from that?

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**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:** [November 23, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6074 "2021-11-23T14:29:45Z")

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Is it true that the best way to get a job in a dentist’s office is by word of mouth?

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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:** [November 24, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6075 "2021-11-24T03:41:33Z")

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You mean aurally?

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**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:** [November 24, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6076 "2021-11-24T21:45:48Z")

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Dentist do or dentist do not. There is no dentistry.

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**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:** [November 24, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6077 "2021-11-24T22:38:06Z")

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Judges do or judges do not. There is no trial.

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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:** [November 24, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6078 "2021-11-24T23:21:02Z")

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Wouldn’t that be courting disaster?

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**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:** [November 25, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6079 "2021-11-25T04:53:41Z")

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The jury’s still out on that.

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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:** [November 25, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6080 "2021-11-25T04:56:56Z")

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Wonder if they’ll grant bailiff the defendant deserves it.

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**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:** [November 25, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6081 "2021-11-25T14:30:24Z")

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Long ago, monarchs would act as judges. Some of them didn’t want to do it, leading to usurpations by pretenders to the throne. Hence the saying, “if at first you don’t try, succeed, succeed again.”

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6082 "2021-11-25T18:18:43Z")

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A judge called me egotistical and conceited. I think I’m appealing.

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**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:** [November 29, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6083 "2021-11-29T15:08:17Z")

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I used to judge orchestra championships but I quit when too many of the musicians kept trying to win with their sib stories. They were always trying to get the symphony vote.

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**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:** [December 2, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6084 "2021-12-02T16:19:24Z")

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I’d heard that the cello was originally made with duck feathers. Turns out that’s just a bass canard.

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