Is there anything that is not improved by the addition of a Banana?

It is one of the world's favorite fruits, but the banana hasn't had sex in years and its days may be numbered.

Without scientific help the sterile, seedless fruit could disappear with 10 years, according to a Belgian plant pathologist.

Emile Frison, the head of the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain in Monpellier, France, said the fruit lacks the genetic diversity to fight off diseases and pests that are plaguing banana plantations and only biotechnology and genetic manipulation may be able to save it.

"Frison sees it as the only hope for the banana," New Scientist said on Wednesday.

Without assistance banana production could drop and mark the beginning of the end of the fruit.

"We may even see the extinction of the banana as both a lifesaver for hungry and impoverished Africans and as the most popular product on the world's supermarket shelves," the magazine added.

I think Anna just hates bananas because they follow her around and rhyme.

bananas have doubled in price over the last two weeks in london

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there's a banana blight, don'tcha know

Some of the recent hits to the firm's business have come from a new EU banana import regime, an E coli contamination in the US, a terrorist funding scandal, and overall increased industry costs.

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http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=82839-chiquita-bananas-price-increase

This thread's premise is true of cheese and maybe chocolate, but definitely not bananas

I know this because of collegiate experimentation with cheese to verify the hypothesis -- the worst combo idea we could come up with was dipping cheddar cheese in grape jelly, and that just kinda tasted like cheesecake. But then there was some disagreement about whether coffee counted, because coffee and cheese is a no-go

my butthole.

today i had a really good banana walnut macrobiotic gelato (chaya calls it "m lato"). the banana made it very sweet and creamy.

Bananas are an essential addition to any lengthy bike ride.

also I rly hate bbqed bananas.

banana would be cooler if it was spelled bananab.

This thread's premise is true of cheese and maybe chocolate, but definitely not bananas

Some time ago I theorised that anything could be made better by adding one of chicken, chocolate or cheese to it. EVERYTHING, I was certain.

Then, a friend of mine stumped my theory: cornflakes.

BEHOLD... THE ATHEIST'S NIGHTMARE

http://209.50.247.238/images/smilies/nannerfuck1.gif

mmmm, chocolate cornflakes

love bananas more than life

i did the self checkout thing at M&S the other day and i think it charged me £1.33 for a single banana

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00674/katyperrymain_280x3_674254a.jpg

love bananas more than life

Loathe them

more than life?

Not that much. I wouldn't mind them as much if people didn't go on about how great they were all the time.

First album was amazing tho

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8441020.stm

My friend made me try this 'dessert' sushi that involved eel and banana. I can say with some authority now that sushi, nor eel, is not improved by the addition of a banana. Nor is banana improved by the addition of eel.

Let me be clear: Eel and banana cannot hang out together in my mouth, or anywhere near me, EVER again.

You guys, seriously...you have no idea how traumatic this experience was for my tastebuds. Why did I even put that in my mouth? Why why why?

i had some kind of banana sushi in peru but there was so much weird sauce on it it didn't make much difference.

i can't even remember what the fish component was.

Ugh f my lame grammar: "neither sushi, nor eel, are improved by the addition of a banana....etc"

Unfortunatley this didn't involve a whole lot of sauce, iirc.

hmm. banana tempura sounds like it might be good. maybe with some vanilla ice cream

heh... I emailed that BBC article to someone earlier. Bananas and blow: like chocolate and peanut butter, like ham and swiss... some things were meant to be together.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0995P9HB3/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_R5A106JR4ZYDZ7ZPA51B

100m track running lane

in reply to op

it improves a lot of things but you have to think about the athlete

Bananas Becoming Extinct

Without scientific help the sterile, seedless fruit could disappear with 10 years, according to a Belgian plant pathologist.

― Wiggy (Wiggy), Friday, April 29, 2005 2:47 PM (seventeen years ago)

Someone should follow up on this important story.

When did you last see a banana tree...in Belgium?

brb I hafta go look at google streetview

Take a good look, they might disguise them as waffle trees over there.