# Is That a Banana In Your Pocket  . . . ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-banana-in-your-pocket/154165>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 10, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-banana-in-your-pocket/154165 "2003-02-10T19:27:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![it\_sjustme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/da6949/32.png) [@it\_sjustme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/it_sjustme)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-banana-in-your-pocket/154165/21 "2003-02-11T18:58:11Z")

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I hope his mom doesn’t find out about this. She’ll go ape shit!

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-banana-in-your-pocket/154165/22 "2003-02-11T19:04:32Z")

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Bananas–the secret of Revolutionaries aroubd the world.

They are vital weapons in all forms of guerilla warfare…

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-banana-in-your-pocket/154165/23 "2003-02-11T19:30:04Z")

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What if Saddam Hussein had \*Bananas of Mass Destruction? \*

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-banana-in-your-pocket/154165/24 "2003-02-11T19:52:33Z")

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Orange you glad the banana wasn’t loaded?

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**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-banana-in-your-pocket/154165/25 "2003-02-11T20:00:48Z")

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Only $10 as the fruits of his labor?  
[sub](OK, a banana is really an herb, but that isn’t funny. OK, neither was that crack)[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-banana-in-your-pocket/154165/26 "2003-02-11T22:01:25Z")

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A banana is an herb?

Holy Moley, what if this guy tried to rob the store with rosemary in his pocket?

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**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-banana-in-your-pocket/154165/27 "2003-02-11T23:07:53Z")

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Well, if you’re going to get all _factual_ on me, [here](http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/banana) it explains the “TREE” is an herb.

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**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-banana-in-your-pocket/154165/28 "2003-02-11T23:39:06Z")

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I thought bananas were berries, technically.

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