Comments on: Going bananas http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/ ... the online home of a librarian in Perth, Western Australia Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:18:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1383 CW Sun, 06 Aug 2006 23:05:09 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1383 We probably don't import them because of quarantine. If we did they'd be sprayed with so many poisons I wouldn't want to eat them... We probably don’t import them because of quarantine. If we did they’d be sprayed with so many poisons I wouldn’t want to eat them…

]]> By: Simon http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1382 Simon Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:22:58 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1382 Um, nowhere apparently....oops.<br/><br/>Turns out we get them from the Phillipines or Ecuador. Still seems weird that we'd be able to import them for cheaper than you could, though... Um, nowhere apparently….oops.

Turns out we get them from the Phillipines or Ecuador. Still seems weird that we’d be able to import them for cheaper than you could, though…

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1381 CW Sun, 30 Jul 2006 05:01:03 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1381 Simon, where do bananas grow in NZ?<br/><br/>I bought a banana yesterday ($11.99 a kilo) - haven't eaten it yet though... Simon, where do bananas grow in NZ?

I bought a banana yesterday ($11.99 a kilo) - haven’t eaten it yet though…

]]> By: Simon http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1380 Simon Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:55:39 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1380 Spookily, when I read this, I was eating a banana. We seem to be able to get them quite cheaply here in NZ, which seems weird - you'd think if we can get them cheap, so can you (or we could export them to you, and make $$ ;) ). Spookily, when I read this, I was eating a banana. We seem to be able to get them quite cheaply here in NZ, which seems weird - you’d think if we can get them cheap, so can you (or we could export them to you, and make $$ ;) ).

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1379 CW Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:14:45 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1379 <i>Very</i> good, Hoi! Never mind, I will buy a banana on the weekend... Very good, Hoi! Never mind, I will buy a banana on the weekend…

]]> By: Hoi http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1378 Hoi Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:42:20 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1378 I guess I am the lucky one as a patron of mine often brings us heaps of bananas from his garden!!! Good huh. ;p I guess I am the lucky one as a patron of mine often brings us heaps of bananas from his garden!!! Good huh. ;p

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1377 CW Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:40:36 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1377 Hey TB-), more rhyming comments, please :) You know, I haven't seen much banana cake around lately. Lots of carrot cake, but no banana...<br/><br/>Toxic Purity it's a bit like that, innit? I resent the price of petrol because it makes me say things like "Remember [in quavering voice] when we could fill the tank for $20, M dear?" Hey TB-), more rhyming comments, please :) You know, I haven’t seen much banana cake around lately. Lots of carrot cake, but no banana…

Toxic Purity it’s a bit like that, innit? I resent the price of petrol because it makes me say things like “Remember [in quavering voice] when we could fill the tank for $20, M dear?”

]]> By: ToxicPurity http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1376 ToxicPurity Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:52:46 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1376 Some people are joking about how they can either buy bananas that week, or petrol :) Some people are joking about how they can either buy bananas that week, or petrol :)

]]> By: TB-) http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1375 TB-) Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:52:29 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1375 Hi CW,<br/>Oh I miss Bananas I do,<br/>They've pushed up the interest rates too!<br/>Those little yellow morsels, oft baked in cake,<br/>I appreciate,them now, much too late.<br/>TB <br/>(apples - blah!) Hi CW,
Oh I miss Bananas I do,
They’ve pushed up the interest rates too!
Those little yellow morsels, oft baked in cake,
I appreciate,them now, much too late.
TB
(apples - blah!)

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1374 CW Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:12:07 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/07/25/going-bananas/#comment-1374 That's like $40 a month just for bananas, Mooiness! I admire your sense of priorities. I think I'm going to succumb and buy myself a banana this weekend... Mmmmmmm... bananas... [Homer Simpson drool]<br/><br/>So who got to eat the two precious morsels, Alex? Your children? :) That’s like $40 a month just for bananas, Mooiness! I admire your sense of priorities. I think I’m going to succumb and buy myself a banana this weekend… Mmmmmmm… bananas… [Homer Simpson drool]

So who got to eat the two precious morsels, Alex? Your children? :)

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