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Don't fall for this hoax

IvoryParchment
IvoryParchment Posts: 651 Member
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
This seems a bit more malicious than the usual urban legend:
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/bananas.asp

There is no flesh eating disease in bananas, and if you ate a banana, you do NOT have to burn off your own flesh to prevent amputation or death!

Who is sick enough to make something like that up?

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  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    I have never heard of that in my life. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Crystal817
    Crystal817 Posts: 2,021 Member
    :huh:
  • RonSwanson66
    RonSwanson66 Posts: 1,150 Member
    I blame the "40 Bananas a Day" people. The bananas have HAD ENOUGH and they're fighting back.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    I blame the "40 Bananas a Day" people. The bananas have HAD ENOUGH and they're fighting back.

    Pretty sure it's "30," lol.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    We all knew bananas were the worst food you could eat while dieting. Now we know why!
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
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  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    The CDC set up a special hotline for this? I guess I should be glad that people are trying to verify the information before believing it, but... wow.
  • RonSwanson66
    RonSwanson66 Posts: 1,150 Member
    On the bright side, I foresee the cost of bananas dropping, just like pork did after the last swine flu scare.

    I'm thinking of spreading a particularly scary hoax that involves lobster.
  • missdaisy79
    missdaisy79 Posts: 566 Member
    Ron, could you think up one involving filet mignon and red wine please?
  • Andylee63
    Andylee63 Posts: 154 Member
    Bring back the Banana Man
  • tuneses
    tuneses Posts: 467 Member
    I hear red wine has arsenic in it. Get a TV doctor to back that and lets watch the price drop. go and spread the word on the internets!!!
  • Barneystinson
    Barneystinson Posts: 1,357 Member
    The flesh eating disease referenced is probably someone who confused it with bacterial / fungi infections that plague our modern Cavendish banana crops:

    http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-06/can-fruit-be-saved


    It's an interesting article.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    I heard that 18 Year Old Single Malt is worse than bananas and arsenic laden red wine combined! Spread the word! Think of the children!
  • Pocket_Pixi
    Pocket_Pixi Posts: 1,167 Member
    On the bright side, I foresee the cost of bananas dropping, just like pork did after the last swine flu scare.

    I'm thinking of spreading a particularly scary hoax that involves lobster.

    Please do as long as the price of lobster will come down I am all for it lol
  • salmasy
    salmasy Posts: 15
    We all knew bananas were the worst food you could eat while dieting. Now we know why!
    exactly how are they the worst food to eat?
  • RonSwanson66
    RonSwanson66 Posts: 1,150 Member
    We all knew bananas were the worst food you could eat while dieting. Now we know why!
    exactly how are they the worst food to eat?

    They contain a flesh-eating virus. Haven't you been paying attention? ;)
  • pamelajean76
    pamelajean76 Posts: 1
    :noway:
  • rochey1098
    rochey1098 Posts: 285
    On the bright side, I foresee the cost of bananas dropping, just like pork did after the last swine flu scare.

    I'm thinking of spreading a particularly scary hoax that involves lobster.

    Genius really :laugh:
  • hillm12345
    hillm12345 Posts: 313 Member
    We all knew bananas were the worst food you could eat while dieting. Now we know why!
    exactly how are they the worst food to eat?

    They contain a flesh-eating virus. Haven't you been paying attention? ;)

    Well... the zombie apocalypse had to start SOMEWHERE...
  • kayelrick
    kayelrick Posts: 31 Member
    I heard that 18 Year Old Single Malt is worse than bananas and arsenic laden red wine combined! Spread the word! Think of the children!

    :happy: love it . . . especially Bushmills . . . .
  • SiltyPigeon
    SiltyPigeon Posts: 920 Member
    *Puts down welding torch*
  • ecalonge
    ecalonge Posts: 33
    I heard that 18 Year Old Single Malt is worse than bananas and arsenic laden red wine combined! Spread the word! Think of the children!

    LMAO!!
    I heard about that one!! But can't remember if it was the Laphroaig or Oban varieties affected?! OH MY!!!
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    I wish I saw this when I still had skin... and arms... :frown:
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    I heard that 18 Year Old Single Malt is worse than bananas and arsenic laden red wine combined! Spread the word! Think of the children!

    I've heard that it's actually a particular 30 year old Irish Whiskey that is highly poisonous. Help me spread the word on that brand. :tongue:
  • RonSwanson66
    RonSwanson66 Posts: 1,150 Member
    I heard that 18 Year Old Single Malt is worse than bananas and arsenic laden red wine combined! Spread the word! Think of the children!

    LMAO!!
    I heard about that one!! But can't remember if it was the Laphroaig or Oban varieties affected?! OH MY!!!


    What a ridiculous claim, how could you possibly believe it????


    It was Balvenie Doublewood
  • DoubleE615312
    DoubleE615312 Posts: 173 Member
    On the bright side, I foresee the cost of bananas dropping, just like pork did after the last swine flu scare.

    I'm thinking of spreading a particularly scary hoax that involves lobster.

    now wouldn't that be awesome if they dropped the price of bananas, my daughter has to have one every day.
  • ecalonge
    ecalonge Posts: 33
    I heard that 18 Year Old Single Malt is worse than bananas and arsenic laden red wine combined! Spread the word! Think of the children!

    LMAO!!
    I heard about that one!! But can't remember if it was the Laphroaig or Oban varieties affected?! OH MY!!!


    What a ridiculous claim, how could you possibly believe it????


    It was Balvenie Doublewood


    HAHAHA!!!!!

    BTW, Ron is soooo sexy! Love the stash!!
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    I heard that 18 Year Old Single Malt is worse than bananas and arsenic laden red wine combined! Spread the word! Think of the children!

    LMAO!!
    I heard about that one!! But can't remember if it was the Laphroaig or Oban varieties affected?! OH MY!!!


    What a ridiculous claim, how could you possibly believe it????


    It was Balvenie Doublewood

    It was actually the 21 Year Old Balvenie. It was the 18 Year Old Glenmorangie.

    I read something about Redbreast being on the list also.
  • salmasy
    salmasy Posts: 15
    On the bright side, I foresee the cost of bananas dropping, just like pork did after the last swine flu scare.

    I'm thinking of spreading a particularly scary hoax that involves lobster.

    now wouldn't that be awesome if they dropped the price of bananas, my daughter has to have one every day.
    would be so great, i'd save 20 times the price drop a day on bananas :D
  • IvoryParchment
    IvoryParchment Posts: 651 Member
    Instead of a flesh-eating bacteria, why can't there be a fat-eating one?
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