I read that too, that the current banana crop is a completely different strain than the bananas from like 30 years ago, due to that species getting wiped out.
I read that too, that the current banana crop is a completely different strain than the bananas from like 30 years ago, due to that species getting wiped out.
And now is going to happen again.
will there be a new strain
I dunno but maybe I should throw a couple bananas in my freezer just in case.
Sell them on ebay in 5 years.
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I read that too, that the current banana crop is a completely different strain than the bananas from like 30 years ago, due to that species getting wiped out.
And now is going to happen again.
will there be a new strain
I dunno but maybe I should throw a couple bananas in my freezer just in case.
Sell them on ebay in 5 years.
100% REAL BANANAS. CHIQITA CO. BANANAS, NUMBERED AND CERTIFIED!!!
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shit dude we had that last night, your getting our sloppy seconds. It was pretty crazy too, the lightning was like forming off in the sky which is something I have never seen it do before.
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edited June 2008
On Bananas:
Bananas, as you know them, are doomed. A genetic dead end, the banana is the sterile aborted foetus of an evolutionary mutation doomed to extinction. The banana is a mutant, containing fragmentary genetic code, like Down Syndrome or other illnesses of genetic replication. Bananas do not reproduce. They do not evolve. They do not adapt. Every banana you have ever eaten is made by splicing off a section of an existing tree and replanting it to form a new tree. Every banana is an exact genetic clone of every other banana you have eaten.
The current banana strain, the 'Cavendish', quietly replaced the previous strain the 'Gros Michel', some time in the years before world war 2 when the Gros Michel was wiped out by soil bacteria. This same soil bacteria, able to grow, reproduce, evolve, has now adapted to destroy the Cavendish banana as well.
Bananas are the most popular fruit on the planet. They are also the most expense, owing largely to the fact that they are the most heavily treated with herbicide, pesticide and chemical treatments. Banana plantations are some of the most sterile soil on the planet.
To this end, several small 3rd world nations are heavily investing in genetic engineering, trying to cross the banana with apples or other closely related fruit in an attempt to create a viable, breeding banana. Their entire economy is dependant on the continuing sales of bananas. The strain of scientific rigor and safety concerns are secondary to this point.
And yet, they continue to be popular. I cannot fathom why.
Bananas, as you know them, are doomed. A genetic dead end, the banana is the sterile aborted foetus of an evolutionary mutation doomed to extinction. The banana is a mutant, containing fragmentary genetic code, like Down Syndrome or other illnesses of genetic replication. Bananas do not reproduce. They do not evolve. They do not adapt. Every banana you have ever eaten is made by splicing off a section of an existing tree and replanting it to form a new tree. Every banana is an exact genetic clone of every other banana you have eaten.
The current banana strain, the 'Cavendish', quietly replaced the previous strain the 'Gros Michel', some time in the years before world war 2 when the Gros Michel was wiped out by soil bacteria. This same soil bacteria, able to grow, reproduce, evolve, has now adapted to destroy the Cavendish banana as well.
Bananas are the most popular fruit on the planet. They are also the most expense, owing largely to the fact that they are the most heavily treated with herbicide, pesticide and chemical treatments. Banana plantations are some of the most sterile soil on the planet.
To this end, several small 3rd world nations are heavily investing in genetic engineering, trying to cross the banana with apples or other closely related fruit in an attempt to create a viable, breeding banana. Their entire economy is dependant on the continuing sales of bananas. The strain of scientific rigor and safety concerns are secondary to this point.
And yet, they continue to be popular. I cannot fathom why.
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edited June 2008
Bananas are cheap as son
Love me some bananas
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edited June 2008
There seems to be a misconception about my use of the term 'most expensive'.
I am not talking about the price you might pay at the shop. That is like describing the Sun when talking about the Milky Way. I am talking about the massive world wide investment and $1000 per acre spraying that occurs every week to keep current stocks level.
There seems to be a misconception about my use of the term 'most expensive'.
I am not talking about the price you might pay at the shop. That is like describing the Sun when talking about the Milky Way. I am talking about the massive world wide investment and $1000 per acre spraying that occurs every week to keep current stocks level.
But dude, the Sun is like, huge!
teehee
Anyway, if they're so expensive to produce then why are they the cheapest fruit in the store? Wheres the farmer get all this money to spray with? Am I sponsoring terrorism by eating bananas?
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edited June 2008
Economy of scale, and just plain plant yield efficacy.
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edited June 2008
To be honest, that's probably a fair assessment of the actions of the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita Brands International) in several Central American countries.
See: The Banana Massacre or The History of Guatemala, particularly the railroad/port monopoly and the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
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will there be a new strain
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I dunno but maybe I should throw a couple bananas in my freezer just in case.
Sell them on ebay in 5 years.
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Thanks.
Thanks a fucking lot.
I could barely breathe for a moment.
that took me a second but then I got it
100% REAL BANANAS. CHIQITA CO. BANANAS, NUMBERED AND CERTIFIED!!!
GOOD LORD NOW THE CHIMPS ARE CARRIERS.
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SWEET BLANK
OH GOD TELL ME IT'S NOT TOO LATE
I think Blank is dead.
Who wants to roadtrip to his house and see if we can't scrounge up some cool stuff.
And then we'll make a limited run of shirts that say "I Looted My Dead Friend's Tornado Ravaged House and All I Got Was This Crappy T-shirt"
DON'T EVEN
BLANK
BLANK'S MY BOY
DON'T YOU FUCKIN' EVEN
shit dude we had that last night, your getting our sloppy seconds. It was pretty crazy too, the lightning was like forming off in the sky which is something I have never seen it do before.
HE'S GONE
ITS TIME YOU FACED THE FACTS
THIS... THIS WHISKEY, THESE WOMEN THAT AREN'T MOM.
FACE IT.
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO OUR FAMILY.
He rode on into legend, and our hearts.
Bananas, as you know them, are doomed. A genetic dead end, the banana is the sterile aborted foetus of an evolutionary mutation doomed to extinction. The banana is a mutant, containing fragmentary genetic code, like Down Syndrome or other illnesses of genetic replication. Bananas do not reproduce. They do not evolve. They do not adapt. Every banana you have ever eaten is made by splicing off a section of an existing tree and replanting it to form a new tree. Every banana is an exact genetic clone of every other banana you have eaten.
The current banana strain, the 'Cavendish', quietly replaced the previous strain the 'Gros Michel', some time in the years before world war 2 when the Gros Michel was wiped out by soil bacteria. This same soil bacteria, able to grow, reproduce, evolve, has now adapted to destroy the Cavendish banana as well.
Bananas are the most popular fruit on the planet. They are also the most expense, owing largely to the fact that they are the most heavily treated with herbicide, pesticide and chemical treatments. Banana plantations are some of the most sterile soil on the planet.
To this end, several small 3rd world nations are heavily investing in genetic engineering, trying to cross the banana with apples or other closely related fruit in an attempt to create a viable, breeding banana. Their entire economy is dependant on the continuing sales of bananas. The strain of scientific rigor and safety concerns are secondary to this point.
And yet, they continue to be popular. I cannot fathom why.
yet
bananas
its bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Operating on the assumption that this isn't a fakepost, that's simultaneously slightly worrying and O_o pretty much all at once
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Its not a fake.
No man should have that kind of power.(Twitter)
Love me some bananas
I am not talking about the price you might pay at the shop. That is like describing the Sun when talking about the Milky Way. I am talking about the massive world wide investment and $1000 per acre spraying that occurs every week to keep current stocks level.
But dude, the Sun is like, huge!
teehee
Anyway, if they're so expensive to produce then why are they the cheapest fruit in the store? Wheres the farmer get all this money to spray with? Am I sponsoring terrorism by eating bananas?
No man should have that kind of power.(Twitter)
No man should have that kind of power.(Twitter)
See: The Banana Massacre or The History of Guatemala, particularly the railroad/port monopoly and the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
Holy shit
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The really insulting thing is that this guy says he is an engineer.
Satans..... hints.....
Mechanical engineering is the same as an English degree without any specialization.
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