🍌 Is steemit a banana republic?steemCreated with Sketch.

in partiko β€’Β  6 years agoΒ  (edited)

Banana Program.... hm.. First thing that comes to my mind when I see a banana, strangely enough is: pesticides. Wash your hands after you peel it right away.

Alright, I know bananas are supposed to be good for us. The word sure is funny in a way. I would like to know if it’s the original name for the fruit for as long as anyone can remember or if it was designed and or promoted for us to sound good...

But then again there is banana republic. Is it something good or bad ? I would mostly associate that with a kinda fishy regime and barely working government, not necessarily in favor of the population. Still it sounds harmless at best or even funny, which I suppose that lies in the nature of the word banana. Haha... makes me think of steemit having a few things in common with a banana republic. Anarchic population for sure!


Welcomed new steemians from the #introduceyourself tag and hope they will all enjoy a great time around here :-)

@ameliemortreux
@bitcoinfused
@whaledancemedia
@gor671
@r213

The one thing I think is definitely good about bananas, is that it is much safer to hang out under a banana tree than a coconut tree...

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/partiko.io/img/reinhard-schmid-is-steemit-a-banana-republicoufqgxb1-1534760852612.png

Artwork by @reinhard-schmid

Posted using Partiko iOS

Authors get paid when people like you upvote their post.
If you enjoyed what you read here, create your account today and start earning FREE STEEM!
Sort Order: Β 

hahaha its funny :D....did you participate in this challenge? will you complete the third step ?that phone call :D :D

Thank you, glad you like it! Of course I will participate, if I can get my banana phone to work ;-)

Posted using Partiko iOS

:D ahahah , so there is no chance to watch your video

I think Steem is a Banana Republic

Posted using Partiko iOS

_20180821_082229.JPG

Nice picture! Wish, I could see it bigger :-)

Posted using Partiko iOS

:)

Β  Β· Β 6 years agoΒ 

...for me, Banana Republic is a clothing company.

hehe.. sure! I still have a rain coat I bought there 25 years ago!

Β  Β· Β 6 years agoΒ 

but rarely do people hang out under a banana tree ... :) LOL

Maybe true, but it’s still relatively safe, isn’t it? 😜

Posted using Partiko iOS

Hahahahaha fantastic entry! Congratulations on completing your first week of banana program

Posted using Partiko iOS

Thanks a lot, glad you like it. :-) Will I get my gold seal certificate virtual sticker too?

Posted using Partiko iOS

Posted using Partiko iOS

You are too funny! How did you do this?

It’s banana magique!

Posted using Partiko iOS

Actually your post deserves a custom gold seal, here it is:

Posted using Partiko iOS

Posted using Partiko iOS

YAY!!! 😁😁😁 My very own custom gold seal! Thank you so much, I love it!!

lol I think I also see the similarities

Β  Β· Β 6 years agoΒ (edited)

Looks like more people (and bots) than I thought agree :-)

Posted using Partiko iOS

Β  Β· Β 6 years agoΒ (edited)

Definitely good about bananas - a little trivia about bananas: a natural way to treat warts:
Banish Warts with Banana Peel - I tried it, it works! It takes a long time, about 2 weeks, and you have to use a fresh peel from a ripe, but not overripe banana, so doing the treatment, you eat a lot of bananas. All you need is a snippet of the peel to apply with tape over night.
washing hands - if my sister sees that advice, she'd scrub until her skin comes off! Myself, I think worry is far more dangerous to your health, lol - I told my sis to build up immunity, she should lick the handholds in the U-Bahn - and guess what: she is the one that always gets sick, but not me.
Coconut: as some tourists to Hawaii have found out, but ever since they sued, there is barrier tape around the palms until they cut the coconuts off. Woman injured by falling coconut tree in Waikiki gets $1M


More trivia about bananas:
EU Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94 about the bent of bananas. This is for real, and not a Onion article! Now lets talk about Banana Republic!

Haha.. Otto, You are a walking and six of PTO and sick clove... hahaha... just tried speech to text, see, what it made out of β€œencyclopedia”... left it there for you, cracks me up!

Posted using Partiko iOS

I get similar on WhatsApp when I try to write German. My cell is set to English, and spellcheck screws me up royally. On my computer, I got both languages so no problem.

Β  Β· Β 6 years agoΒ (edited)

Posted using Partiko Android

To the question in your title, my Magic 8-Ball says:

It is decidedly so

Hi! I'm a bot, and this answer was posted automatically. Check this post out for more information.

See even the bots agree that it is!

Posted using Partiko iOS

Yeah, I was pretty flabbergasted when I saw that!

Posted using Partiko iOS

It’s insane if you think about it.

Posted using Partiko iOS

But let us not forget the line from that famous banana song, harry bellafonte's banana boat song,

A beautiful bunch of ripe banana
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)
Hide the deadly black tarantula

I might like a sore head over a tarantula head ;)