A New Place For Your Banana

Monte Smith · September-29th-2003, 11:51 AM

After a great deal of thought, I decided this item deserved its own heading and so I did not insert it into the Anus (thread).

A German man has invented a special lunch box for bananas.

Detlef Kruse says he came up with the idea to protect his lunch time snack.

"I'd take a banana in to work each day, and eventually, you get angry because they end up all brown and mushed up," he said.

He works for Kruse Kunststoff, an Emsdetten company that specialises in plastics, and used his expertise to solve the problem.

The curved, bright yellow container, named Banabox, measures about 9.8 inches from tip to tip and has a two inch diameter.

Priced at about £2.70p ($5), the box is sold via the company website at www.banabox.de.

Uli · September-29th-2003, 12:15 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Monte Smith
[B]After a great deal of thought, I decided this item deserved its own heading and so I did not insert it into the Anus (thread).

Nice thread, Monte. It would also have made an excellent contribution to the xtra marial affairs discussion.

mke · September-29th-2003, 12:17 PM

If this catches on, soon we'll have a box for every item of food we bring to work: an apple box, a cereal bar box, a sandwich+kiwi box (I actually have one of those) and so on. Then we'll be so overloaded with boxes, we'll need a box box to put them all in.

bluenoter · September-29th-2003, 12:27 PM

Yes, I have no banana.

Quote:

Yes! We Have No Bananas

1. There's a fruit store on our street,
It's run by a Greek.
And he keeps good things to eat
But you should hear him speak.
When you ask him anything
He never answers 'No.'
He just 'Yesses' you to death,
And as he takes your dough,
He tells you:

(chorus)
YES! We have no bananas,
We have no bananas today.
We've string beans and HON-ions,
Cab-BAH-ges and scallions
And all kinds of fruit, and say
We have an old fashioned to-MAH-to,
Long Island po-TAH-to,
But YES! We have no bananas.
We have no bananas today.

2. Business got so good with him
He wrote home to say:
'Send me Pete and Nick and Jim,
I need help right away.'
When he got them in the store,
There was fun, you bet!
Someone asked for 'Sparrow grass,'
And the whole quartet
All answered:

words & music: Frank Silver & Irving Cohn
copyright: 1923 Skidmore Music Co. Inc.
Source: Sheet Music Magazine, October, 1981
(Under USA copyright law, should be public domain in 1998)

Monte Smith · September-29th-2003, 12:30 PM

Monte Smith · September-29th-2003, 12:35 PM

Uli · September-29th-2003, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bluenoter
Yes, I have no banana.

You can always use the peach box, bn.

cookie · September-29th-2003, 01:01 PM

Oh, Bluenoter! My grandfather was always singing "Yes! We Have No Bananas!" Just seeing that made my heart leap!

The box is cute, but bananas are unique in their curvature and length. Will every banana fit the box?

Monte Smith · September-29th-2003, 01:02 PM

Damn your constant practicality, Cookie.

Ron Thorne · September-29th-2003, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cookie
Will every banana fit the box?

That's what she asked, coyly.

Monte Smith · September-29th-2003, 02:04 PM

I love Andrew Marvell's great poem, To His Coy Banana.

"Had we but world enough, and time...."

Jazzzoline · September-29th-2003, 03:06 PM

Soon available in Canada, I hope

Tom Storer · September-29th-2003, 04:43 PM

Joe "Bananas" Bonnano

Uli · September-29th-2003, 05:01 PM

graypencil · September-29th-2003, 05:08 PM

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Originally posted by Monte Smith
After a great deal of thought, I decided this item deserved its own heading and so I did not insert it into the Anus (thread).

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I must compliment Monte for his clever thread appellation:

..and I thought it was just gonna be another one of those Robert Goulet threads ...

Dr Dave · September-29th-2003, 11:36 PM

Robert Goulet? Naaahhhh....

Monte Smith · September-30th-2003, 11:50 AM

OK, for those of you who feared the banana box was too new/too experimental:

Swiss inventors develop spaghetti plate

Swiss inventors have come up with a special plate for people who can't eat spaghetti without making a mess.

The spaghetti plate looks similar to any other, except that it has a 'crater' in the middle, a little like an egg cup.

Eaters use the hole to help wind the spaghetti around their forks.

Inventors Mehdi Derouazi and Frank Martin from Geneva came up with the idea while studying at the Lausanne College for Hotel and Catering.

They have already registered their creation at the patent office and expect to market the plate abroad, starting in the UK, next year.

Marketing expert David Pivoda, who has worked closely with Mr Derouazi and Mr Martin, said they plan to conquer Europe and then America with their new plate.

"But we won't be marketing it in Italy," said Mr Pivoda. "We are not going to take our chances there, where caution with messy spaghetti is forbidden.

"In some parts of Italy it is frowned upon even to use a spoon to help you eat spaghetti."

-fin-

Looking at it, I can't believe the Swiss Spaghetti Plate is that helpful. But I'd put my banana in it.

graypencil · September-30th-2003, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Monte Smith
OK, for those of you who feared the banana box was too new/too experimental:

Swiss inventors develop spaghetti plate

Eaters use the hole to help wind the spaghetti around their forks.

But I'd put my banana in it.

This parade of thinly veiled smut is causing coffee to come through my nose too often ...

Chris D · September-30th-2003, 12:16 PM

Monte Smith · September-30th-2003, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by graypencil
This parade of thinly veiled smut is causing coffee to come through my nose too often ...

Maybe there is an invention for that!

patricia · September-30th-2003, 01:19 PM

As Cookie and Ron have already mentioned, bananas are not standard size, so the dimensions of the carrier box would have to be kept in mind when shopping for bananas to be transported. Other than that small consideration, it's a capital idea!! One question I have though is if it's slightly insulated, because the closed aspect would seem to magnify the effects of heat on a banana. I know that I bring a banana at the optimum ripeness for my taste, but further ripening might be a problem.

As for the spaghetti plate, PUHLEESE. If spaghetti is served in a shallow bowl, with a slight rim, to twirl the spaghetti, even little kids can learn to use the rim of the bowl. My best friend is Italian and always serves her spaghetti in such a bowl and there is no problem. Failing that, throw all caution to the wind and risk the ridicule of dining mates by using a round soupspoon to twirl the delicious victuals.

Reminds me of egg-separater thingies for those who can't separate an egg, between the two halves of the shell without breaking the yoke. If one is careful, it's something anybody can do, if they pay attention. I will allow that the device is a mainstay in a lot of kitchens, but to me it's just one more thing to wash.