Banana? Explain....

[Daz]

Could someone please explain the famous poll BANANA?

Thanks...

[chequita guevara]

*chegitz makes like a banana and splits.

[Daz]

I thought this was a serious forum!



Someone answer me, dammit!!!

[Spec]

It's just a tradition that almost no one knows why or when it started. All we know is that if you make a poll, ONE choice HAS to have a banana into it.

Dont ask.


Spec.

[Alex]

Yep. Tradition thing.

[Eroberer]

A long time ago when this board first got polling abilities, people were making really good poll questions, but filling them with only frivolous poll options, so I started a thread about it with a poll. I think it was called "Do the polls here have too many humorous poll options?" and it had the answers yes, no, maybe, probably, something about squirrels in trousers (a Simpsons joke)....a few others that I can't remember, and "banana" at option 10. Stefu and a few other popular characters around here at the time decided that the last option was the only possible answer to the question. It got the most votes. IIRC, I was the only one to actually vote "yes."


That was just the first use. Then on one fine evening a bunch of Apolyton posters got bored and a bunch of polls were posted with only a bunch of options labeled "Banana." This was to see which poll spot most peope pick...sort of. It was also to raise post count and piss off ol' Ming. =) That had to be one of the most entertaining events on here in history, if you ask me.

Others can elaborate. I actually came into that great day of bannings a little late (and proceeded to post with the soul intention of getting myself banned ).

[H Tower]

that's not the way i've heard it. some poster i had never seen before claimed responsibility for creation of the banana option, but i forget who, he doesn't come around that much.

[Eroberer]

Yea, I think I know who you're talking about. I think the guy's exact words were "somebody started a thread and I..." I thought it was pretty ridiculus when I read it. I think his name started with a "V."

You can do a search on here for something and see a few different threads about this. Everyone mostly says they don't remember. I've only owned up to it once before, a long time ago.

[Stefu]

something about squirrels in trousers

WEASELS in the trousers! Among the poll options were Banana, MikeH and weasels in the trousers.

I made a smiley which was MikeH with bananas in his trousers. Sadly, it's lost in the mists of time.

[H Tower]

i believe i have the mikeH smiley, i'll look for it when i'm not stuck in a lab listening to a boring professor

[H Tower]

Originally posted by Stefu


WEASELS in the trousers! Among the poll options were Banana, MikeH and weasels in the trousers.

I made a smiley which was MikeH with bananas in his trousers. Sadly, it's lost in the mists of time.

[Japher]

Let thee without sin cast the first BANANA!

Who cares, it's better than squirrles and weasels.

MONKEY!

[MichaeltheGreat]

I think I banned seven people for posting all-Banana type polls once that group - Iain, GP, Stefu and four others did nine threads with banana polls in the course of a few minutes. The mass banning (although five were only for a day and two for three days) became known as Bananagate, and pretty much guaranteed every poll in the OT since then has a banana option.

[Chemical Ollie]

They got bananad for making banana options?

[Chemical Ollie]

I will soon maike my first Apolyton poll tread - and the banana is in!