# 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:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6645 "2023-02-03T18:38:59Z")

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I loved swimming in Egypt, but people told me I was in denial.

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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:** [February 3, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6646 "2023-02-03T21:22:33Z")

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I love studying ancient Egypt and especially Cleopatra. I think it’s the pharaohmones.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6647 "2023-02-07T04:04:13Z")

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♫ _When you swim in the Nile and you see an eel smile, that’s a moray_ ♪♫

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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:** [February 8, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6648 "2023-02-08T16:05:06Z")

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I understand that the smaller rivers who run into the Nile are called Juveniles.

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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 9, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6649 "2023-02-09T13:17:36Z")

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…and when those small rivers flow into the big one they are completely annihilated.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6650 "2023-02-09T16:06:59Z")

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…and someone who loves the once-destructive power of a free-flowing Nile River is a nihilist.

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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:** [February 9, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6651 "2023-02-09T17:34:22Z")

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Damn Aswan!

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6652 "2023-02-10T01:33:50Z")

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But why? Did a swan dive at you?

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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:** [February 10, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6653 "2023-02-10T17:03:50Z")

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That’s definitely something to take a gander at.

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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:** [February 13, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6654 "2023-02-13T04:05:13Z")

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I think Ryan Gosling should take a gander at it.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6655 "2023-02-13T22:17:28Z")

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He’s from Newfoundland, right?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6656 "2023-02-14T03:22:49Z")

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Yes, along withis Labrador.

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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 14, 2023, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6657 "2023-02-14T08:09:48Z")

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No man is an island

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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 14, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6658 "2023-02-14T08:59:38Z")

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Islanded on Newfoundland once. St. John’s International Airport, as I recall.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6659 "2023-02-14T15:30:36Z")

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Every nation is scrambling to claim new lands in the Arctic, but poor Canada has Nunavut.

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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:** [February 16, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6660 "2023-02-16T18:48:30Z")

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I heard those Northern Territories are spectacular though. In fact, Yukon really see the Northern Lights up there.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6661 "2023-02-17T00:04:59Z")

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I’ll never forget going through Hornepayne on the train in southern Ontario.

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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 17, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6662 "2023-02-17T02:49:53Z")

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Northern Lights? Meh. Or as jaded Germans say “Aurora bore you Alles”.

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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 17, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6663 "2023-02-17T06:43:12Z")

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I used to smoke a pack of Northern Lights a day.

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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:** [February 19, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bananas-a-bunch/805859/6664 "2023-02-19T21:49:55Z")

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Smoking will kill you. Bacon will kill you. Smoking bacon will cure it.

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