why not a banana?

[zephre]

Melfina:  wow, there is a plan to put a banana over texas.  http://www.geostationarybananaovertexas.com/en.html
me:  hee I've seen that before.
Melfina:  But why a banana? does Texas have some connection with bananas that I am not aware of?
me:  no, I think that's just an artistic choice. why not a banana?
Melfina:  Dunno.  I thought maybe that

Comments

[polkafish]

What impressed me here is that you knew your state's state fruit. I felt like a bad Pennsylvanian because I did not know. It turns out: we don't have one. However, I am still a bad Pennsylvanian because I did not know we have a state cookie and it is the chocolate chip cookie. Which I can at least support as far as cookies go.

[zephre]

actually, although red grapefruit are sold as "Texas Red Grapefruit" to differentiate them from the yellow and pink varieties, this is an example of fast Google-Fu rather than any actual excess of knowledge of my state.
(Although I do know that we have an Official State Small Mammal (the armadillo) and an Official State Small Flying Mammal (a species of fruit bat with a long name that I don't remember). And I can still sing the first few lines of "Texas, Our Texas", our rather nauseating state song, and recite (the Godless version of) the Pledge to the Texas Flag. Elementary School Indoctrination: It Works!)

[polkafish]

yeah, I noticed on Wikipedia that you Texans claim about everything. Does anyone really need an official small flying mammal?

[polkafish]

Sorry, I was not trying to be stealthy there.

[nwzw]

It beats the 190' Cross...

http://www.crossministries.net/