According to this article bananas may become no more. I find it a little hard to believe they couldn’t grow just as well somewhere else.
I saw a piece on this on the news (CBS, I think it was) years ago. I also think it’s been refuted that bananas are in danger of becoming extinct, but I don’t recall the source.
According to Snopes, those of us who love bananas don’t have to worry just yet. Linky.
There was an article in Popular Science within the last year or so on the efforts being made to develop a replacement variety of bananas in case the present one is wiped out due to a pest or something( I can’t remember what the threat they were afraid of was).
Good riddence, I say. Stupid bananas.
Bananas are vile, putrid fruits. May they spawn no more!!!
Ah, you share my disdain for this sorry excuse for a fruit! Bravo!
Will Bananas go extinct?
More importantly, if they do, will that insipid song go with them?
Probably not, I mean, according to Kirk Cameron they’re proof of Intelligent Design, so I’m sure the “designer” wouldn’t let them go extinct, right?
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Right?
Sigh. Stupid bananas
Hey screw you all Bananas are awesome.
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Really? The stupid things grow upside-down. Intelligent design, my ass.
Doubtful. In fact, if the unthinkable scenario we are discussing here ever does come to pass, the song ( I assume you refer to “Yes, We Have No Bananas”) will have more relevance than ever before.
**pool]/b] is right. Bananas are a wonderful fruit. They are yellow – every reasonable person’s favorite color. They come in their own convenient packaging. They are an excellent source of potassium, fiber and vitamin C. You can use them to make several yummy desserts such as Banana Cream Pie, Bananas Foster, and Banana Pudding. In a pinch, you can even use them as a marital aide. Try that with an effing apple!
Bananas are great, and “banana” is a great word. So I’m glad the extinction stuff is not a major concern.
But what would we call a banana split?
Bananas are only edible during an approximate 48 hour window.
Green bananas - not good eating.
Ripe bananas - not good eating.
During transition from green to ripe before any brown spots start to appear. Ambrosia.
Once the first brown spot appears they become banana bread ingredients.
Random banana fact - they do not fly well. Don’t know if it’s pressurization or reduced oxygen, but they turn icky at some point in an airplane.
qwest, you have a Ph.D. in banananess. Bananas have such a narrow window of edible-ness, and banana foods that taste like banana are icky.
Should the banana go extinct, I would not weep for it.
Gwen Stefani would have to sing, “This shit is not bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S / because bananas are extinct, E-X-T-I-N … uh, er … K? Q? Damn, this is hard.”
Same thing… because the banana split…
groan