You forgot to mention whether the banana had the proper rated skins, whether
other fruits installed in the salad w/ it decreased its value or not, how do
you solve problems w/ keeping the banana cool, how to add additional
potassium to the banana,whether mixing S. American Bananas w/ Asian bananas
is worth while, etc.

Grin,

Tom

> We'd not only tell someone how to peel it, but bring in the FDA
> regulations on bananas, argue about the time of perfect ripeness, bring
> up the politics of the countries that export bananas and whether or not
> more energy could be derived from eating a banana than growing one, and
> what kind of moron would buy a banana in the first place, and whether a
> banana should be fried in petro or synthetic oil.
>
> Jim
>
> On Oct 14, 2005, at 11:35 AM, John Bange wrote:
>
>>> You know, it's not what people DO say on this
>>> list that impresses me, it's that the other 800
>>> people have the restraint to NOT say what
>>> they're thinking.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Heh. I reckon it's like any other communication venue of the same
>> semi-public nature. There always seems to be a small group of talking
>> heads
>> that supply most of the traffic, while the vast majority just sit and
>> listen, occasionally throwing out a question or comment to rile them
>> up, but
>> mostly they just silently wonder what's wrong with those people. We'd
>> tell a
>> monkey how to peel a banana, if he said he was peeling one in a
>> Vanagon.
>>