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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2003-01-17 10:30 am
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The banana-the atheist's nightmare.

Note that the banana:

1. Is shaped for human hand
2. Has non-slip surface
3. Has outward indicators of inward content:
4. Green-too early,
5. Yellow-just right,
6. Black-too late.
7. Has a tab for removal of wrapper
8. Is perforated on wrapper
9. Bio-degradable wrapper
10. Is shaped for human mouth
11. Has a point at top for ease of entry
12. Is pleasing to taste buds
13. Is curved towards the face to make eating process easy
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[identity profile] kpollock.livejournal.com 2003-01-17 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
:-)

Apparently the variety of banana (Gros Michel) that was almost universal before 1950 was sweeter, nicer and wasn't bitter when underripe. Shame the fungus killed it.

Are you still a very occasional drinker? (my eternal aim).

[identity profile] rollick.livejournal.com 2003-01-17 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm. Makes me wonder if this is some sort of evil atheist plot.

[identity profile] octopoid-horror.livejournal.com 2003-01-17 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
Aha! Point 13 is not going to be correct forever. Supermarkets prefer to stock straight(er) bananas for ease of putting out on the shelves/displays. So bananas are being bred with straightness. Strange but True!

[identity profile] cleodhna.livejournal.com 2003-01-17 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps bananas and primates co-evolved such that banana plants that produced curvy, tasty, easy-to-get-into bananas were valued and protected by things with hands, whilst nasty banana plants with sticky, yucky friut and spikes were abhorred?
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