# What happened to my banana? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837 "2011-01-08T03:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/41 "2011-01-12T21:22:54Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > So let me get this straight… You put the lime in the ba-na-na, you fill them both up, You put the lime in the ba-na-na, you woke the doc and said, “Doctor, is there nothing I can take?” I said, “Doctor, to relieve this bellyache?” “Now let me get this straight, You put the lime in the ba-na-na, you fill them both up…” ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/42 "2011-01-12T22:46:31Z")
The banana split ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/43 "2011-01-12T23:37:40Z")
[The banana stripped](http://www.eclectech.co.uk/bananastrips.php) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/44 "2011-01-13T00:02:20Z")
Have you a kitty? Or a dog? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/45 "2011-01-13T00:47:48Z")
Or a clown? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/46 "2011-01-13T01:01:10Z")
I hope you’re not having your period. One busy night at work I put a tampon in my pocket and went to the bathroom. I sat down and prepared to use the tampon, except I had pulled a pen out of my pocket. Fortunately, I noticed it was not a tampon before inserting it. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/47 "2011-01-13T01:23:09Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I hope you’re not having your period. > > One busy night at work I put a tampon in my pocket and went to the bathroom. I sat down and prepared to use the tampon, except I had pulled a pen out of my pocket. Fortunately, I noticed it was not a tampon before inserting it. And the moral of the story is…? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/48 "2011-01-13T01:34:22Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > And the moral of the story is…? The ending writes itself. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/49 "2011-01-13T04:44:54Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > And the moral of the story is…? I was trying to be subtle. The story was supposed to make her think. I didn’t want to just come out and say, “did you check your hooha for a banana?”. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/50 "2011-01-13T05:01:11Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I hope you’re not having your period. Whose else would she be having? :dubious: > [@](#): > > One busy night at work I put a tampon in my pocket and went to the bathroom. I sat down and prepared to use the tampon, except I had pulled a pen out of my pocket. Fortunately, I noticed it was not a tampon before inserting it. It can only have been the presence of blue liquid _before_ insertion, that tipped you off. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/51 "2011-01-13T11:03:08Z")
Have one of your friends call you. The banana will start ringing and you can track it down. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyodyne\_Propulsion\_Systems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/82dd89/32.png) [@Yoyodyne\_Propulsion\_Systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yoyodyne_Propulsion_Systems)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/52 "2011-01-13T14:07:02Z")
Excercise extreme caution, the banana at this point has been separated from the bunch for some time and may be crazed and confused, possibly violent. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/53 "2011-01-13T15:09:22Z")
Who movede my copy of “Who Moved My Cheese.” ? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/54 "2011-01-13T15:29:40Z")
> [@Yoyodyne\_Propulsion\_Systems](#): > > Excercise extreme caution, the banana at this point has been separated from the bunch for some time and may be crazed and confused, possibly violent. Indeed, with this much time elapsed, if she steps too close to her bed and something slimy squishes through her toes… …well I guess it Could still be from her pet. And hopefully not from her roomate. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/55 "2011-01-13T18:22:32Z")
(title quote) > [@Mississippienne](#): > > What happened to my banana? I, uh.. don’t know. From an old [Carlin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_carlin) skit: RARD: \ Rock and Roll Doctor! Young woman: 😕 Ummmm… I had these pills, like.. and I took them… I think… Do you know what they were? RARD: :dubious: Um, no, **no I don’t.** Yw: Ummm… okay, thank you… \ _ **- Jack** _ ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/56 "2011-01-13T18:36:15Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I didn’t want to just come out and say, “did you check your hooha for a banana?”. [Look man, I ain’t fallin’ for no banana in my tail pipe.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tKt4KTfppA) ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/57 "2011-01-13T18:43:09Z")
Your banana is gone. Accept it, move on. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/58 "2011-01-13T18:51:57Z")
Look out the window to check if your car is still there. Maybe your banana split. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/59 "2011-01-13T18:56:34Z")
In the time you’d spent around your banana prior to its disappearance, did you ever find it to be an opportunist? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837/60 "2011-01-13T19:27:31Z")
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