BANANAS

Did anyone send a Banana Full Moon to Cheryl Penn?  Cheryl tells me that the lab reports came back and it seems that there are traces of Mayonnaise mixed into the glue.  So fess up who ever you are!   Wait, there are new clues in the corner ...

That's not a bit of a banana, it's a UFO. And the UFO launching pad is i n the right hand corner.

(Don't tell NASA, but UFOs run/fly/whatever on a 70:30 mixture of mayo:ketchup)

Val

Bar Code did it..."bar codes are human too", ya know.

Any banana-pizza-with-mayo last night in Paris, Dean?

Results of the lab test:

Finger prints with embedded banana bits are a match to a certain  Dean Marks, currently a resident at the Mayo Clinic....

Mayo - DNA from Germany and Parisian cupboards... 

Its a pretty tight open and squeeze case...

Hi, Any Banana pieces in the works out there?  I was inspired last night as I was throwing away some old Physics books.   Physics & Bananas?  Yes this seems logical.

If anyone has a Banana piece in the works, I’ll exchange mine with you.

Doing a "Chiquita" thang or two, or three...may send one off to you and Anna Banana. Have you heard from her, Dean? Do you still have that HUGE banana box/crate from Erni? Me thinking bananas today:-)

OK banana off to you.  The box was used to take the trash out.  Chuck needed something to put our mess in.

Yes, Anna is fine and trying to put a 40 year retro show together.  OH and YES,  my banana sticker collection paid off and I was award with a degree!

Fantastic, Dean! Congratulations! Maybe I'll get one too? I sent her two Anna Banana Bingo cards. How "official! 'Love it!

Yes, but it looks like you are one short of a full house / one short of a six pack / or just number 23 is missing.   I'm not sure you can get a degree if you missed a class.

You are not only extremely observant but also strict, Dean. Poor Kat.

A Masters is a Masters, there are no short cuts, only in Bananas!  Katerina can always re-sit her Bananas 101 exams.

23 is possibly her waist measurement, in inches.

I think she takes size 36 shoes.

I kno wot about her other bits nor the bananas.

val

Bonjour Erni! Thanks for the picture of 2 Greek maidens sharing a banana and thinking about drachmas. It is obvious that they are going through difficult economic times as they can no longer afford a banana each.

Regareds, Val

It looks as though the Greek maidens will survive quite nicely...

'just don't loose their heads or sandals!

(and if they remember to always use an envelope)

The blonde must be a relative of Alexander the Great?

23 is/was Michael Jordan's number of the Chicago Bull's basketball team...VERY, very lucky for this Chicagoan (me). And there was a banana sticker on that spot when it was sent to Anna Banana (I think I moved the "DelMonte" one from the "bonus" spot) :-) All is right in the world. Amen.

Is there a banana missing here...because someone didn't use an envelope?

(Thanks for the bits and pieces of Paris, Dean!)

oops, that should read : "'just don't LOSE their heads..."

(like this Greek maiden/ goddess:-)...where is that spell chick when you need her?

I sent the spell chick on vacation, but I think Erni has kidnapped her and is keeping her in his closet for a companion.

No, I think it is a seed from a tree.  Mim & I had a cafe while waiting for the others to arrive at the Musee de la Poste.  We didn't have much to work with but I did my best, because I wanted to send something from the Musee de la Poste as it is suppose to have a special cancel stamp.  And Yes, I guess the glue didn't have time to dry as it was put in the special mailbox shortly after.  I bet the seed glued to someone else's tourist post card from Paris.

One last thing, the phrase comes a British series I am watching/hooked on called Downton Abbey.  They say wonderful old English phrases that I write down and try to remember / use.

The waiter at the B15 short changed me, and was quite surprise when I told him in French that there were two euros missing.  Yet again my years of training in accounting and finance paid off.  But only if I could draw!  OH yes, and by the way, I didn't leave a tip.

Oh, very nice, Dean! This is made with bits and pieces from in and around the cafe in Pairs! Ohhhh, i wanted to be there with you all! Very special momento, thank you xxx

Special cancellation from the Musee, too! Perhaps the waiter wanted to charge you two euro for the "B.15" paper (napkin? placemat? tablecloth?) that you used???? And on the receipt...that is only 7% tax? Here we are charged 23%, no wonder Greece is in an economic crisis! :-(

;--D   She is needed everywhere: restaurants, markets, t-shirts, you name it.

At last, some Banana Art work is peeling out.  Thank you Val.  Bananas or bar codes, I would have to think about that for awhile.  Anyway, the girl would be third.

Val does a double find, Bananas and Bar codes ...

February 29, 2012...Are you going bananas? Today you can: LEAP!

"Bannana" is how my husband just spelled it in an email from Nicaragua. I don't think it was a keyboard problem. 

Really nice card of falling Chiquitas, Katerina!

Thanks , Nancy...I just sent the banana card out in the mail

in the hopes that it will get a "29 ΦΕΒ" or " 29.2.12 " postal stamp.

Oh, and I am living dangerously: it was sent WITHOUT an envelope! :-0

Good for you, K. You've got to try to train the post office, as scary and sometimes almost hopeless as that can be. But never completely hopeless ... I hope ...

WHAT?  Are you kidding?  A unprotected Katerina works going out in the big world without an envelope?  I thought I would never see the day.  You go girl!

one small step for mankind, one big LEAP for Katerina!

blue card...no envelope...OMG!

Nice , Erni...

time for me to sail away...

Nice doggy, Domingo!

Welcome to Inêz.  The Banana Band is ready to peel for you.  So do you have a Banana story to share?

I like Erni's still life and the sail away banana of Katerina.  My 18 banana pieces went out a few days ago, so they should be showing up soon in mail boxes, and a few more still in the works.

Janine was happy to see that it was only one banana, and not a bunch!

"End of a banana"--that is so tragic. There are tears in my eyes.

Oh, Erni, you of all people should give it a proper and respectful burial, Poor banana :-( 

These babies are so adorable.  Especially the banana baby.  I had a good laugh too!

Wonderful babies! With those flowers behind-the-ears, banana baby must be a girl!

Cabbage and rose babies are adorable, too!

Erni is on a roll!  Great banana photos. 

Banana Science from our Leader Dean came today!

This is an experiment that cannot possibly work on a banana:

(but it made my postgal say: poor banana!) Thanks Dean!

Welcome to Lisa / Skybridge Studios to the Banana Band.  Thanks for your logo, you are on the right track.  Very funny.

oh yes! bananas will get you high, if they are filled with catmint and you are a cat.

I gave Julian a toy monkey and a friend following the theme gave him a banana filled with catmint. See the result:I cannot get photos of the manic phase because he runs around too fast, this is the final collapse.

 France Goes Bananas, or nearly (One of mine sent to a no longer member, but thought that I would share it with you Bananas.)

It was later discovered that the French where not prepared for the 2012 leap year and still only had 365 cheeses.  So on the 28th of February 2012 it was decided to create and island off the west coast of France where banana cheese would be produced by milking bananas every day.  The banana milk would be used in a French traditional way  to make cheese.  However, the strikes have already begun and the Normans say that the Bretons are more banana then they are, and it should be the Bretons who milk the bananas.  It is unlikely that France will see their 366th cheese before the end of the year.

Moral of the story; You can take a Banana to France, but you can’t get him milked, or is it that you should never keep bananas in the refrigerator.

A special one for DK :

 Hot Lava or Bananas

Ah Welcome ARAC, so you didn't fall into the loony or crackers catagory then!  Happy to see you in the Banana Band, so peel away.

For everyone's information, ARAC I normally refer to as "Lava Lamps" for short, and so that there is no confusion with ABAB.  Besides, what I have seen, "Lava Lamps" seems to match her personality as well !!!  This should be fun.

Thank goodness that hot lava / banana question is finally cleared up. It's been giving me insomnia for years.

MA Martha, your Julian looks *exactly* like my Cookie, except Cookie is older and has middle-age spread.

Middle-age spread?  Is that something that comes in a jar?  I like Jiffy myself, but it so hard to find in France.

Yes Dean, it does come in a jar. Many different kinds, in fact, take your pick. But Jiffy is rotten stuff--don't drive all over France looking for it.

I received this photo from Cheryl H. who is not yet a Banana Band member, but if she does things like this, she would move to the top of the class!

Let's leave Bananas for a few days and focus on......Dean the Bean (a Real Lean machie).

Val (all types of beans are permitted -- baked, half-baked, green, runner, French [of course], Means Heinz, broad, etc)

Dean the Bean is taking a trip to the Canary Islands...flying away!

And we are left to make beans? All types of beans, Val?

Chocolate is from a bean :-)

Yes Katerina, chocolate beans are OK too; Any Beans. Even I qualify as a Has Bean. (But not as a Never Was)

Yes Janine, he's always on holiday. Next year he's going to Mars itself to look at the banana plantations there.

Regards, Val

Forget haggis (for once and for all) and porridge. The de facto national dish of Scotland is Deep Fried Mars Bars. Scotland has the worst health record (obesity, life expectancy, cancer, heart attacks, etc) than anywhere else in the developed world. I wonder why?

The Scots should eat more bananas methinks.

val