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Subject:Re: Impressions
From:Aristotle Sagan
Date:Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:12:53 -0700

Yew fergot the question... Is it a $6,000 modified banana or a $31,000 stock
banana.

tim in san jose

On 10/14/05, bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >>
>

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