# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2024-01-05T16:15:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7361 "2026-05-24T12:14:34Z")

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> [@DesertDog](#):
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> A big chunk of the article was what to do with a ton of bananas. You can eat only so much banana bread.

When I was a child in small town Minnesota (\<1000 population), one of the 3(!) groceries in town ordered way too many bananas. Mom got a heck of deal on two boxes, which with 6 kids might have seemed reasonable.

We could eat as many as we wanted. Then we could invite our friends to eat as many as they wanted. Unsurprisingly, our rate of consumption began to drop, and we asked for anything else as a break.

We were offered:  
a pear - as in a pair of bananas  
a plum - a plumb ripe banana (they were getting long in the tooth)  
a pair of plums - 2 plumb ripe bananas  
And of course the freezer was full of banana bread.

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**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7362 "2026-05-24T13:13:16Z")

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Banana icecream is quite nice.

Unripe banana goes well in a curry, or stew, as an alternative to potato. Roast bananas on a grill make a sweet dessert. Mashed banana and peanut butter sandwiches are suprisingly good (albeit, a bit weird)

It is quite a versatile fruit, being both sweet and starchy.

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7363 "2026-05-24T13:26:49Z")

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> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#):
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> > [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> > yes there are such things as poisonous plants. I could go on.
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> Hey! As my gardening friend’s tee shirt says:
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> “All plants are edible.”
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> “Some only once.”

I suspect that all plants are edible, in the beneficial sense, by something.

Not necessarily by humans , or even by any mammal, or I suppose maybe not even by any chordate.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7364 "2026-05-24T14:12:07Z")

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> [@Yllaria](#):
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> > [@Stratocaster](#):
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> > I have yet to see someone crushed by a falling piano.
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> How about an anvil?

[How about a turtle?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus#Death)

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**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7365 "2026-05-24T14:29:09Z")

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Turtles don’t kill people. Eagles who drop turtles kill people.

You’ll have to pry my turtle from my cold, dead hands.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7366 "2026-05-24T14:30:39Z")

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Mr. Outdoorsman pro tip: While out walking, a nearby turtle can be used as a makeshift hard hat when eagles are spotted in flight.

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7367 "2026-05-24T14:53:09Z")

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> [@Folacin](#):
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> When I was a child in small town Minnesota (\<1000 population), one of the 3(!) groceries in town ordered way too many bananas. Mom got a heck of deal on two boxes, which with 6 kids might have seemed reasonable.

The small grocery store near where I once lived once had a box of ripe bananas listed at a giveaway price. I took the whole box and spent an afternoon making banana bread, wrapping up and freezing several loaves for later.

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**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7368 "2026-05-24T15:19:48Z")

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Sorry, I don’t have any bananecdotes to share at this time.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
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You have no bananecdotes today?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7370 "2026-05-24T15:30:04Z")

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My banana story? My parents went to Hawaii ten or twenty years ago with another couple. As they were leaving, they had a bunch of bananas but at the airport were told that they were not allowed to bring them on the flight. So my father and his friend sat down at the checkpoint and each ate four or five bananas. (Throwing them out was, of course, not a possibility,)

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7371 "2026-05-24T15:37:29Z")

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When I was young, I was taught not to put bananas in the fridge because they’d turn black. Later in life I learned yes, the skins turn black, but the fruit inside is preserved _much_ longer at pretty much the same ripeness/sweetness you stored them at. You can refrigerate them right at your preferred taste. They still don’t last forever, of course, and will go more quickly than other fruits and vegetables. I see nobody mentioning that fact, maybe some people here thought your bananas must be consumed quickly. Use your fridge.

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7372 "2026-05-24T17:25:56Z")

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> [@Ponderoid](#):
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> They still don’t last forever, of course, and will go more quickly than other fruits and vegetables

[Here is a twenty-minute video](https://youtu.be/NmhDcZHg7ik) on the logistics of getting bananas from the plantation to the port and hence to the store in the US. It is quite the process even involving using their own ships – regular freighters’ schedules aren’t reliable enough. I found it fascinating.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7373 "2026-05-24T17:50:59Z")

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So how long will a refrigerated banana keep nearly unchanged in a fridge? 1 day, 4 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month?

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**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7374 "2026-05-24T18:46:50Z")

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> [@Ponderoid](#):
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> Later in life I learned yes, the skins turn black, but the fruit inside is preserved _much_ longer at pretty much the same ripeness/sweetness you stored them at. You can refrigerate them right at your preferred taste.

ok an orangedote\* then…

If you feel a soft spot starting to develop on an organge, throw’er right away into the fridge, halting any further degeneration (for almost a week longer, from my experience)

\*yeah alright that one was a stretch.

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7375 "2026-05-24T18:50:44Z")

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I almost always get at least a week of grace time. After that, it’s iffy. _Much_ better than the day or two you usually get after they hit the optimum peak ripeness.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7376 "2026-05-24T19:05:08Z")

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You guys REALLY wanna talk about bananas, don’t you?

Turkish man gets sentenced to 45,376 years (and 6 months) in prison for operating a Ponzi scheme in an online farming game.

> **[Turkish 'Farm Bank' Ponzi founder gets over 45,370 years in prison](https://www.dailysabah.com/business/economy/turkish-farm-bank-ponzi-founder-gets-over-45370-years-in-prison)**
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> Mehmet Aydın, the founder of a Turkish online Ponzi scheme who had been accused of embezzling money from thousands of people, was on Monday sentenced to...

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**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7377 "2026-05-24T19:08:00Z")

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Maybe he’ll get a couple of years off for good behavior.

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> You guys REALLY wanna talk about bananas, don’t you?

Hopefully, you’ve helped usher in a new age, that of “Yes, we have no banana posts today.”

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**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7379 "2026-05-24T20:31:43Z")

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> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#):
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> ok an orangedote\* then…

Orangedotes and appledotes and little grapes eat ivy …

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7380 "2026-05-24T20:38:00Z")

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> [@DesertDog](#):
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> It is quite the process even involving using their own ships – regular freighters’ schedules aren’t reliable enough

Do they sail every day-o?

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