# 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:** [May 12, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6305 "2022-05-12T01:17:18Z")

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The thing about wires is they ask too many damn questions.

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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:** [May 12, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6306 "2022-05-12T03:40:14Z")

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I wanted to know about the engineering marvel that created Lake Mead, so I asked a few dam questions.

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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:** [May 12, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6307 "2022-05-12T13:50:56Z")

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A friend of mine once told me they were making a musical comedy about the Three Gorges project in China. They’re called it _Dam Yangtze._

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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:** [May 15, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6308 "2022-05-15T22:17:14Z")

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Is your mom a beaver? 'Cause dam!

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6309 "2022-05-18T17:48:09Z")

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> [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#):
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> A friend of mine once told me they were making a musical comedy about the Three Gorges project in China. They’re called it _Dam Yangtze._

Oh, yeah. They needed to import materials from Korea, but they went missing. They described it in the song Two Lost Seouls.

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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:** [May 19, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6310 "2022-05-19T07:48:35Z")

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I think I heard that while visiting the Korean DMZ. They were calling it the Panmun-Song.

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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:** [May 19, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6311 "2022-05-19T15:46:33Z")

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That song truly is without parallel.

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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:** [May 19, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6312 "2022-05-19T16:17:06Z")

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The North Koreans tried to get down there, but their neighbors to the south just didn’t give them enough latitude.

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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:** [May 20, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6313 "2022-05-20T05:06:20Z")

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What did they do then? Stay home and play a few games of pingyang-pyongyang?

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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:** [May 22, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6314 "2022-05-22T05:31:02Z")

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Did you see that gymnast from North Korea in the Olympics? She didn’t win gold, but her execution was flawless.

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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:** [May 22, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6315 "2022-05-22T08:00:34Z")

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She was blown away by her score.

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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:** [May 22, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6316 "2022-05-22T20:35:47Z")

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I don’t understand why my credit score is so low. Every time collectors call, they say my payments have been outstanding.

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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:** [May 23, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6317 "2022-05-23T00:36:36Z")

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(I forget the name of the standup comic whose routine included a joke where he said that the credit card bank told him, “we didn’t receive your last payment.” “Oh, yes you did,” he replied. Took the audience a little while to figure it out…)

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6318 "2022-05-23T02:00:09Z")

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When I told my partner that our theater group was going to put on a porno farce  
I was told, “Don’t be a dick.”

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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:** [May 27, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6319 "2022-05-27T21:26:49Z")

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I guess it will involve prop weaponry? Because you’ll have to bare arms.

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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:** [May 27, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6320 "2022-05-27T21:52:14Z")

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Nothing proper about pornography.

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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:** [May 27, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6321 "2022-05-27T22:14:09Z")

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Then take the producers to court. They can act in _pro per_.

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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:** [May 27, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6322 "2022-05-27T22:54:01Z")

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My chicken nugget just graduated law school and is now a legal tender.

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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:** [May 28, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6323 "2022-05-28T18:18:48Z")

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Lawyers who defend pornographers always do it pro boner.

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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:** [May 30, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6324 "2022-05-30T02:22:13Z")

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Did you hear about the lawyer who was prosecuted for having a loophole fetish? He got off on a technicality.

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