tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post3994477618849158267..comments2024-03-28T14:04:01.556-07:00Comments on Midlife Cycling: At Least It's Not ElectricalJustine Valinottihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-31986081544081533522016-06-01T17:24:54.871-07:002016-06-01T17:24:54.871-07:00Mike--It sounds like your father traumatized you, ...Mike--It sounds like your father traumatized you, at least in regards to bananas. <br /><br />Accordion--I read about that somewhere. I have also read that something like 80 percent of the world's banana crop is of one particular variety, which is particularly vulnerable to diseases.<br /><br />Wolf--If my gluteus maximus deserves a Brooks Pro, surely a banana deserves no less, don't you agree? ;-)<br /><br />Leo--I figured "electrical banana" had something to do with a vibrator. But I didn't know the story about Country Joe. Thanks: It gave me a smile. (It also made me feel young!)Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-8785979945857470132016-06-01T13:58:14.914-07:002016-06-01T13:58:14.914-07:00Ah yes, mellow yellow...
Mellow yellow was a gian...Ah yes, mellow yellow...<br /><br />Mellow yellow was a giant joke, a hilarious hoax, perpetrated by the underground/counter culture in 1966 that went mainstream for a short time. The question was, how can grass be illegal? It is a common weed that grows all over the high deserts of the west. So somebody (many say it was "Country Joe" McDonald), started the rumor that if you scrape off the inside of a banana peel and bake it slowly, the resulting flakey substance is a strong psychedelic. The inference is clear: the government has to make bananas illegal. I first heard this after a visit by Country Joe to Portland in '66. People were doubled up laughing, not only at the hoax, but at a few people who actually tried it.<br /><br />As for the Electric Banana, everybody then knew Donovan was referencing vibrators, and I have read that he has since confirmed this.<br /><br />Lots of banana jokes.<br /><br />Leo Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-86589843325480038472016-06-01T05:24:02.018-07:002016-06-01T05:24:02.018-07:00A leather banana hammock?
Wolf.A leather banana hammock?<br /><br /><br />Wolf.N/Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710395292374599493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-27799121430436890042016-06-01T04:58:29.084-07:002016-06-01T04:58:29.084-07:00Love bananas, would NEVER pay that for a banana ho...Love bananas, would NEVER pay that for a banana holder. <br /><br />Some years ago a cyclone wiped out the banana crop in Queensland which accounted for 90% of the Australian crop. It was terrible! The Aus public without bananas was tragic. My youngest adored bananas and requested one for Easter instead of chocolate. She was 3! Accordion3https://www.blogger.com/profile/03213639751513402110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-65491467863749437052016-05-31T19:05:42.316-07:002016-05-31T19:05:42.316-07:00i wouldn't call it an allergy, but i have neve...i wouldn't call it an allergy, but i have never ever been able to eat a banana- can't abide even the smell of them. Pretty unusual for a cyclist, eh? When i was a kid, my Dad used to torment me by sitting across the table from me and mashing a banana into a slice of bread for a sandwich. i had to leave the kitchen!mike w.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10317710564489321690noreply@blogger.com