Sorry, I couldn't help myself:)

[bekkiz]

My days of peanut butter and banana sandwiches may be numbered....

from news.yahoo.com:

Bananas' Days May Be Numbered, Scientist Says
Wed Jan 15, 3:34 PM ET Add Science - Reuters to My Yahoo!

LONDON (Reuters) - It is one of the world's favorite fruits, but the banana hasn't had sex in years and its days may be are numbered.

Without scientific help the sterile, seedless fruit could disappear with 10 years, according to a Belgian plant pathologist.

Emile Frison, the head of the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain in Monpellier, France, said the fruit lacks the genetic diversity to fight off diseases and pests that are plaguing banana plantations and only biotechnology and genetic manipulation may be able to save it.

"Frison sees it as the only hope for the banana," New Scientist said on Wednesday.

Without assistance banana production could drop and mark the beginning of the end of the fruit.

"We may even see the extinction of the banana as both a lifesaver for hungry and impoverished Africans and as the most popular product on the world's supermarket shelves," the magazine added.

 

[SPAGo 98]

Bananas should have more sex.

 

[betz]

Say it isn't so!

My life is a world of checks and balances.
If I have been a "Good Girl", once a week I allow myself a banana with almond butter. Forget the bread.
I just peel it back and slab on a hunk of almond butter. Each bite is better than the last. Until I finally come to the end and there is more almond butter than banana.
It is such a sinful delight.
Hopefully the banana won't die out in my lifetime.

"Mom, tell me about when you used to eat real bananas."

 

[Serena]

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[nativetxn]

I suppose bananas are going to become even <b>more</b> expensive now.

 

[minniecarousel]

Thank you bekkiz - this is the type of story that EROS would have posted. (But please don't think you have to take his place in all types of posts!)