Bananas Extinct in 10 years?

No more bananas in ten years? God, what tale will we hear about next? In this atmosphere of 'fear' of terrorists, all we need is another hoax on 'no more bananas.' It's more believable that this world will end in ten years, but no more bananas has got to be a hoax. c.i.

Here are a few links to some articles on the subject.
It's a possibility, but not likely. The crop is worth too much to all of us, for them to let it slide.




CNN Report

COA Report

Emile Frison is a quack of the first order. How long does he think bananas have existed in this world? c.i.

I've asked a few people, and they remember hearing this same tactic about 20 years ago.

I read this somewhere too, and I believed it.

I hope it's not true. Bananas are my favorite fruit, in fact one of the few I eat on a semi-regular basis. (I know, I know, I need to do something about my eating habits.)

I love bananas too! Even have a quart of banana-fudge ice cream in the frig, and some fresh bananas on the kitchen counter that disappears quickly, because I use it on my cereal. I was reminded of a funny story about bananas when I visited Egypt for the first time five years ago, and we were on the last day of our tour. A family from Chicago and I were sitting in the garden-patio of the Cairo Marriott where we were relaxing, and all of us ordered banana splits. We waited, maybe, about 35-40 minutes, and the waiter came back to tell us they had no more bananas. What made this so funny was the fact that they grow bananas in Egypt. We even visited a banana plantation on Banana Island in Luxor. c.i.

Bananas grow here in Northern California. Not very well, but they do, I've seen them in yards in San Jose.

cjh, Better go hijack some of those bananas. You'll earn a mint. c.i.

Bananas must not disappear. I have long adhered to the prescription "a banana a day keeps the doctor away." Please don't correct me by citing the silly thing about apples put out by the Apple Growers Association of America.

Yes, we have no bananas....

Damn, beat me to it.

Paid rent for a month on a place I never lived in in Santa Cruz. A shame, too, because the deck on the garage was off of what would have been my room, and the fruiting banana tree was within easy reach of the deck.

pd, That must have been ages ago, because the rents in Santa Cruz now is unaffordable for most - with or without banana access. c.i.

Almost a decade, damn it. I've kept a loose eye on the rents, and they do seem to be going back down again, since so many of the people around where you are have lost their jobs.

There's a 2BR duplex unit two doors down from me, 750 sqare feet, the guy's asking $1250/month. At least it has a small, private yard in back. Ridiculous though.

Not if someone will pay it.

My sister's got property in Sacramento, and she rents it out for waaaay less than she could -- and that's over in cow country. CA's gotten out of hand since I left.

Oh, and -- bananas! is a great movie...