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  • What the "banana" word means in polls?

    Well, as I am new here, could someone please explain what the "banana" option on certain polls means (it seems this option is like on 80% of polls, and some polls has nothing to do with fruits). Is this considered a joke? If so, why does in certain polls I viewed when I browsed off-topic forums it gets so many votes?

  • #2
    it's a traditional poll option
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    • #3
      OK, I see that, but what does it means and what are the origins of it?

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      • #4
        It basically means abstain. You vote for it if you want to make a joke of the poll, or can't find an option to suit your needs.

        In the Off-Topic forum, no polls are taken seriously if they don't have a banana option.

        It's just an Apolyton tradition.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Abdul-Aziz
          OK, I see that, but what does it means and what are the origins of it?
          It's a nonsense option, it doesn't mean anything really.

          A long time ago, someone included the option "Banana" in his poll.
          The responses to it were positive, and a tradition was born.

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          • #6
            OK, thanks, I understood it it seems... Thankfully tradition is only in Off-Topic, cause I already created a poll in civilization future forums without this option...

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            • #7
              The equivilent to "bannana" over at CFC is "Giant Radiactive Monkeys"
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              • #8
                And at Something Awful, it's simply "Comedy third (or whatever option it is) option".

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                • #9
                  And at Civilization - Macintosh forums it is "Apple", isn't it? :-)

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                  • #10
                    I'm surprised that you weren't run off for not having a banana option.

                    I remember Mr.Fun was trying to get people to switch to "Strawberry" but it never really caught on.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
                      The equivilent to "bannana" over at CFC is "Giant Radiactive Monkeys"


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                      • #12
                        you people should be ashamed of yourselves for not seeing through this obvious DL.


                        DL! DL!

                        /me does the DL dance

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                        • #13
                          H Tower, we've done that

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                          • #14
                            It's a "phallic" thing

                            It has to do with the repressed homosexual urges of Apolytoners

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Dissident
                              It's a "phallic" thing

                              It has to do with the repressed homosexual urges of Apolytoners


                              Still better than CFC's repressed bestial urges.

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