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Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 3, 2011 at 7:12pm

Beautiful stamps, Angie! now those are "mellow yellow"!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on November 3, 2011 at 1:44pm

MELLOW YELLOW -- banana tales from the 1960's.

It's the title of a song by the Britrish Dylan-wannabee, Donovan.

Mr Wiki writes;

"The song was rumored to be about smoking dried banana skins, which was believed to be a hallucinogenic drug in the 1960s, though this aspect of bananas has since been debunked. According to Donovan's notes accompanying the album Donovan's Greatest Hits, the rumor that one could get high from smoking dried banana skins was started by Country Joe McDonald in 1966, and Donovan heard the rumor three weeks before "Mellow Yellow" was released as a single. (According to The Rolling Stone Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, he admitted later the song made reference to a vibrator; an "electrical banana" as mentioned in the lyrics.)^[2] The phrase "mellow yellow" appears on page 719 of the first American edition of James Joyce's 'Ulyesseswhere it is used to refer to Mrs Marion Bloom's buttocks, but it is not known if Donovan got the phrase from there."

I tried getting bhigh like this in the 60's -- it didn't work.

And in case you want to sing along with Donovan, here's the lyrics to Mellow Yellow:

"I'm just mad about Saffron.
And Saffron's mad about me.
I'm-a just mad about Saffron.
She's just mad about me.

They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.

I'm just mad about Frontine.
A-Frontine's mad about me.
I'm-a just mad about-a Frontine.
A-She's just mad about me.

They call me Mellow Yellow.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.

Born-a high forever to fly.
Wind-a velocity nil.
Born-a high forever to fly.
If you want your cup, I will fill.

They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.

So mellow yellow..

Electrical banana
Is gonna be a sudden craze.
Electrical banana
Is bound to be the very next phase.

They call it Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.

Saffron, yeah.
I'm just-a mad about her.
I'm-a just-a mad about-a Saffron.
She's just mad about me.

They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.

Oh, so yellow.."

 

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 3, 2011 at 11:33am

Now that the Great Pumpkin has left the scene, and before the sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce arrive, let's go BANANAS!

I have yet to go to the German supermarket, LIDL, to see if they might have a few other brands of bananas...but so far so good. Three to goooooo!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 1, 2011 at 8:59pm

There are serious banana sticker collectors out thar in the world!

This looks dreamy:

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 31, 2011 at 4:43pm

Banana Halloween greetings to all!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 21, 2011 at 3:16pm

Aw, Angie, that is fantastic...the Queen looooves Snooky Dog, too, yes?

Comment by Louise Kiner on October 20, 2011 at 12:50pm

That's really fun, Angie!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 7, 2011 at 8:12pm

Everyone...over to Going Bananas....(in the discussion forum upstairs)

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 3, 2011 at 5:29pm

La Poste YELLOW in Paris:

The Royal Post RED in London (Notting Hill)

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 3, 2011 at 5:27pm

'Just some fun Postal History in Paris...'loved these little yellow mail wagons...

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