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Bananas are so offensive
Ledger-Inquirer ^
| 3/2/05
| Tim Chitwood
Posted on 03/04/2005 9:43:17 AM PST by laissez- faire
Where bananas never end
The shriek of microphone feedback, the screech of fingernails on slate, the rippling reaction to an Atlanta-area woman's complaint about Columbus police officers' eating bananas at a Jan. 15 civil rights march.
Each is going to grate on people's nerves, over time, so there's a "make it stop" plea I'll obviously be ignoring by writing this. But I don't really control the microphone, or the slate, or the way talk radio and the Internet can amplify a whine into a squall.
And I certainly have no control over a congressman.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: bananas; civilrights; complaints
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THis is great. The woman complaining will not even say why she is so offended yet congressmen from both sides are getting involved.
To: laissez- faire
"Loving you has made me bananas."
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posted on
03/04/2005 9:46:11 AM PST
by
RexBeach
(Keep CHRIST In Christmas - Or I'll Hit You With A Cream Pie!)
To: laissez- faire
YES, we have no bananas...
Racial hypersensitivity.
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posted on
03/04/2005 9:47:44 AM PST
by
Snardius
To: laissez- faire
Meanwhile, bananas remain a convenient source of potassium, which helps prevent muscle cramps during long periods of exertion. So it's unfortunate that in certain circumstances, someone may find the fruit offensive.
To: laissez- faire; Snardius
This is gonna get better..lots....just you wait until Cynthia McKinney gets involved. How come no one wrote to her?
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posted on
03/04/2005 9:50:45 AM PST
by
ken5050
(The Dem party is as dead as the NHL..)
To: laissez- faire
Geesh, considering the lewd behavior exhibited in most of these protests it's hard to listen to complaints about banana envy.
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posted on
03/04/2005 9:51:05 AM PST
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
To: laissez- faire
U.S. Congressman Tom Price has sent Columbus Police Chief Ricky Boren a letter about the banana incident. Price, a Georgia Republican for the 6th District once represented by Newt Gingrich, writes that the woman so offended by officers' eating bananas has contacted his office. He would like Boren to address her complaint and send him copies of any correspondence. That's the standard form letter sent by a congressional office to something out of their jurisdiction. I worked as an intern in my Congressman's district office when I was in high school, and when we got letters from constituents that dealt with things outside our jurisdiction, we'd copy the letter and send it to the right person with a form letter saying they should address it and cc us any correspondence.
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posted on
03/04/2005 9:52:05 AM PST
by
mwyounce
To: laissez- faire
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posted on
03/04/2005 10:01:20 AM PST
by
MacDorcha
(When I say "democratic" I don't mean "Athenian Mob Rule")
To: ken5050
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posted on
03/04/2005 10:01:50 AM PST
by
MacDorcha
(When I say "democratic" I don't mean "Athenian Mob Rule")
To: laissez- faire
I wonder if cucumbers offend her?
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posted on
03/04/2005 10:03:43 AM PST
by
js1138
To: js1138
I think this is more of a race thing than a sexual thing that offends her.
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posted on
03/04/2005 10:06:02 AM PST
by
CollegeRepublican
(South Park, Simpson's loving Republican here!!)
To: RexBeach
"Your red scarf matches your eyes,
You close your cover before striking...."
I love that song!
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posted on
03/04/2005 10:07:17 AM PST
by
talleyman
(E=mc2 (before taxes))
To: laissez- faire
I wonder how she feels about kumquats.
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posted on
03/04/2005 10:10:17 AM PST
by
Lekker 1
("Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value"-Ferdinand Foch, French War College, 1911)
To: laissez- faire
Maybe she is upset because they were not eating oysters.
To: laissez- faire
Well, allow me to be the first to post an offensive picture then! ;-)
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posted on
03/04/2005 10:11:18 AM PST
by
TChris
(Most people's capability for inference is severely overestimated)
To: talleyman
LOL! Yes, it's a good one!
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posted on
03/04/2005 10:12:01 AM PST
by
RexBeach
(Keep CHRIST In Christmas - Or I'll Hit You With A Cream Pie!)
To: laissez- faire
...anyone asked her yet how she fee;s about zucchini?
Doogle
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posted on
03/04/2005 10:12:41 AM PST
by
Doogle
(8th AF...4077TFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
To: laissez- faire
(Real book, BTW)
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posted on
03/04/2005 10:17:27 AM PST
by
Chinito
(We ARE the people our parents warned us about....)
To: laissez- faire
Some women should be seen and not heard, I'm sick of whining women! Look at what they did to Larry Summers, Harvard - they were offended and now this guy is apologizing every day for SPEAKING THE TRUTH!
Offended by bananas?? Is this fruit discrimination? What about the eggplant, zucchini, cucumber, etc. the list is endless.
My God woman, find something constructive to do for heaven sake and the banana alone!
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posted on
03/04/2005 10:31:52 AM PST
by
rockabyebaby
(What goes around, comes around!)
To: rockabyebaby
She must be a liberal.
She is telling other people what and what not to eat.
It's a control thing.
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