I have no idea who these people are, but they've got the right idea.
At the end of yesterday's workday, I had a few projects left unfinished – including the eating of my snack. So I took my banana with me as I drove home. Pulling into traffic, I was nearly t-boned (heh) by some guy talking on his cell phone. That gave me an idea. Maybe I should conduct an experiment wherein I use my banana as a fake cell phone, having a fake conversation, to see just how distracting such behavior is on the road.
Well, I think my little stunt was more distracting to other drivers. Besides strange looks, there was some honking and shrugging going on. I decided that was enough for me. Safety first, people!
Bananas are quite versatile. Not only are they nutritous (hey, carbs can be good for you), but they are delicious. Here are some uses besides eating for that a-peeling yellow fruit:
• If you vehicle's cupholder is too big for your drink, you can cram a banana in there with it to stabilize said beverage.
• When the sun goes down, you can put your sunglasses on the banana for safe keeping.
• If your seatbelt's too tight, stick a banana on your neck. Wah-lah.
• Those with automatic transmissions can use the banana as a faux shifter. It's fun to shift through the "gears" with your banana on the highway. Try it!
• Works as an impromptu fly swatter, just don't swat too hard. You might bruise your b-nana.
I was getting hungry and traffic was heavy, so I decided to just eat my banana. This isn't always easy. You may luck out and have a primo piece of fruit that's easy to peel. More often than not, I get those little banana-hair things all over my fingers. It's a crazy scene, and not conducive to driving. Thankfully, I keep an emergecy stash of napkins in my console for such situations.
Then I discovered some other uses:
• I noticed where my fingers were banana-y that my steering wheel had that new-car shine. Maybe I could coat my dashboard with banana and it would look brand new!
• With the tasty fruit gone, and my hands somewhat clean, I wondered what to do with the peel. Hey! Why not hang it from my rearview mirror as an air freshener. Except it only took a few minutes for me to realize that banana peels don't smell too good, and eventually it's gonna turn black and draw more flies and start to really stink. So I threw the peel out while I was filling up the ol' truck with gasoline.
Next week: T-bone tries to eat a salad while he's driving. Humor and possible tragedy may ensue. Sometimes those little cherry tomatoes have minds of their own. Stay tuned.
Happy weekend!
I do hope you threw it into a garbage can. Whenever my husband sees a discarded peel on the ground, he declares it an "assassination attempt" and dramatically avoids it. Just another suugestion for what to do with the peel...attempt an assassination. A zany assassination.
What, no banana usage tips containing sexual innuendo?
I'm disappointed.
I love your experiment. I would have loved to seen the expressions of the drivers who saw you!
And I think I'm going to have to try your seat belt trick. I HATE it when a seat belt rubs your neck. A banana would feel MUCH better.
Hilarious but dangerous experiments. My brother has never lived down the time he picked up a whopper at a drive thru, hit the road, and while adding ketchup to it, he drove off the road and hit the culvert. The officer that took the accident report wouldn't stop laughing at him.
I've got to run right out into the kitchen and get a banana!
This Banana post has me remembering:
those yucky pastries back in the 60's or 70's, kind of like a flat, folded-over twinkie with a banana cream filling - I think they were called Banana Flips. Gack, nasty.
Or the silly children's show, The Banana Flips: One Banana, Two Banana, Three Banana...La, La, La, Lalala la, "...
Or the Name Game song, Pattie, Pattie, bo battie, BANANA fanna fo... fattie !!???... Oh, forget it!
I'll call you on your bananna alright.
lol
Im always the dork in the luchroom who, if someone brings a bananna, I make a ring, ring sound, and tell them to answer it.
It gets old, I know, but Im a dork.
xxxooooo
Wah-lah?!
You mean Voila!
Either that or you're making a strange noise that sounds sort of like one of those plastic horns honking.
Not that those horns are bad.
In fact, I somewhat like them.
You are simply too much! :) Have a great weekend!
Was it a Jamaican banana, or was it from Dole? Just curious! ;-)
(Then again, after Ivan, we don't have that many banana trees standing here! :-(( )