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Large toad tax.
tarkus10
#2 - They should use that on Call The Midwife.
cafmaster
#19 I did something similar with one of my team members involving slicing ankles with a machete. She never defeated me.
Knightendae
#1 that's what bananas used to taste like! That variety was over used and was subject to plight. Banana extract tastes the same
ExTechOp
Specifically, what Gros Michel used to taste like, not the Cavendish we now have. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Michel_banana
1maGoh12
#14 I think they meant Steven Tyler. No self respecting person likes the Beatles version better.
DangerBaer
Sentences that end too late.
1maGoh12
Pretty much every cover of a Beatles song is better than the Beatles version. There are a could of exceptions, but not many.
effigyoma
#1 it's based on the flavor of a type of banana that no longer exists
Gray365
#1 I was thinking more of the tailors of the emperor new clothes hired as contractors for that one
Voltair
#7 No one died on that tour.
gatlingames268
#19 Am I the only one who immediately imagined this exchange between Michael and Dwight?
BingleyBingleyBeep
#1 Highly likely that it tastes like a version of banana which went extinct from disease right after everyone used it as the flavour.
Ghostman0
Idk I think it kinda taste like bananas
itrhymeswithshells
Always updoot the toad!
ImNotCreativeEnoughToThinkOfAFunnyUsername
Quality dump. I’ve stolen several for later, thanks.
MyAssholeSpeaksFrenchLikeBillyCorganOnARollercoaster
#1 https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/why-dont-banana-candies-taste-like-real-bananas/
ExTechOp
I don't understand why the other comments telling about Gros Michel are getting downvotes?
Cieve
Foot loose Canadian version!
Nightshift603
OK, the 'Cpt. Dead Dad' one got me. +1
tr0lleyjack
#2 I worked with an obs surgeon who would pretend to throw the baby to the midwife after every caesarian. Every time.
cozynester
#1 the flavor of banana candy is actually based on a type of banana that went extinct ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ExTechOp
Specifically, what Gros Michel used to taste like, not the Cavendish we now have. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Michel_banana
Miyamotofan
#15 your name is Hook. Captain James Hook. The hand is just a hilarious coincidence.
ExTechOp
In the novel, Barrie writes "Hook was not his true name. To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze".
Miyamotofan
Well ain't that something! Learn something new every single day.
ExTechOp
In the play, it is implied that he attended Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, and his final words are "Floreat Etona", Eton's motto.
ExTechOp
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Hook#Biography_of_the_character
pleaseuseotherdoor
GOT TO BE GOOD LOOKIN' CUZ HE'S SO HARD TO SEE!
Evi1Gav
#1 most banana flavoured sweets are based on a banana species that is basically now extinct.
Voidkeeper
#1 it's what bananas taste like before a plague almost wiped them out. The Taste we have now is because of the modifications to fight that.
ExTechOp
Specifically, what Gros Michel used to taste like, not the Cavendish we now have. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Michel_banana
Voidkeeper
Thanks for more info on this, I never knew particulars about what happened. Why are we getting downvoted for?
3Davideo
#2 Given how dirty a fresh newborn is, ewwwwwwwwww.
evil66gurl
Fresh newborn? LOL
HumanFromPlanetEarth
DSToast
https://m.yelp.com/user_details_reviews_self?userid=B1xYDJrDutaCxtYZZYvMKg
wookietiddy
I can hear this in his voice.
CrumbyCake
Tell me that large toad's name.
iwasthinkingaboutsoup
Jeff Goldblum
CrumbyCake
That's fucking amazing, thank you
ICollectMemes
Jeff Toadblum
stabthecrab
Toad Jeffblum
Bairoko
#1 the flavor of banana used in candy is based on a strain of banana that no longer exists
ghostofspicoli
Your so: *unwraps banana now n later* You: "You know, the strai...". Your so: "Ya, I know"
disposabledom
Fungus wiped out this species of Banana, and is on its way to wiping out the variety of bananas we currently eat as it's replacement
MichaelGenovese
Whatever the little red bananas are called, I think they taste much more similar to the fake banana flavor.
MileHighLivin
Also it is the best fucking flavor
Evilpercy
Big mike !
ExTechOp
Specifically, what Gros Michel used to taste like, not the Cavendish we now have. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Michel_banana
Badatuserbames
knowledge
wookietiddy
I'm kinda glad modern bananas don't taste like banana flavoring. Modern bananas are tasty. Flavoring is not.
BatmanInaKilt
Also “banana yellow, hello! banana green ye be too keen! ARRGGGHHH!!!- pirate ?☠️ probably
therealcaptainplanet
The responses to this claim are perfect examples of Murphy's Law.
textilelover
I did not fall for it!
GerhardVonScharnhorst
*que captain underpants meme* hey I understood that reference
EwokDude
That's not Murphy's Law. Murphy's Law is "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." You meant Willoughby’s Law.
swellguy18
...that's not Murphy's law either. Murphy's law is "what can go wrong, will go wrong." Go google it. This exchange is a train wreck.
PullTheLeverCronk
I think they were proving Cunningham’s law where you say something wrong on the internet and it will be explained
swellguy18
I think you're giving them entirely too much credit.
LordFranca
How are they in any way examples of finely sliced cabbage and dressing?
PaulHavingABall
I thought Murphyslaw was thinly cut cabbage with vinaigrette or mayonnaise.
Lierofox
Naw that's Cole's Law.
HelpfulCorn
*cue. Thereby proving the point
toptrojanfan
Incorrect. It still exists but if functionality extinct.
WhellerNG
It exists still, but it's endangered.
Wigglynoodles
Just like how our current bananas won't exist much longer, there's a new strain of what wiped those out attacking our current variety
Lionskull
bananas are genetically weak af. darwinism and what not.
ParanoydAndroid
It's because all bananas are clones. So they're not genetically weak, they're just not diverse.
LebronJamesDean
avocados and apples too. they dont grow true to seed.
ParanoydAndroid
That's a different thing. Apples are ridiculously genetically diverse. Bananas have no seeds and are all literally genetic clones.
nygreenguy
Sort of. The artificial banana flavor (isoamyl acetate) used happens to taste a LOT like the Gros Michael banana variety...
nygreenguy
But it wasn't based on it. Gros Michael is a one-note pony with overwhelming banana flavor which is why the artificial is associated w it
mooglemoogle
I was eating a banana the other day and managed to taste that flavor. I don’t remember what I did wrong
Gaaffro
Thank you, all knowing banananana man
nygreenguy
Nah, just a botanist
DouglasPouchOfHolding
I just explained botany to my weirdos today while repotting houseplants! I told them botanists don't kill nearly as many plants as I do.
maskedrabbit
Banana man.
LamarTrillington
Now I'm picturing you peeling a banana slightly open, then swirling it under your nose with your eyes closed.
MetalPsychologist
And commenting on the soil conditions of that region during the season
nygreenguy
I can tell the country of origin, date of harvest, and the name of the person who picked it by the smell.
Robvp
But can you tell anything about the person who put it in their butt?
mirhagk
The banana still exists, it's just not widely farmed
BrovoFoxtrot
I have some, my extended family used to run a banana boat before the bananas switched. They’re okay
ObiHaiv
They switched? Which boat do the bananas prefer now?
buttondick
There's a sunscreen joke in there somewhere.
BarryTheCyborg
Nope it officially went extinct in 1965
nygreenguy
Nah, still around. Even experimenting on it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3525978/
Lulbat
Extinct in commercial agriculture and not widely available . Expensive but you can still get them.
disposabledom
They are extremely rare and extremely expensive. It's not like you can Amazon them, you have to find special growers who have small quantity
EverNotRelevant
#1 Banana flavoring is based on the Gros Michel banana. The banana you see in stores is the Cavendish.
ExTechOp
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Michel_banana
poscduke
Slightly yes, but also much more of no candy really tastes like the fruit it's based on
GaddockTeej
You don't know what I see in stores.
EverNotRelevant
Unless you're going to a real specialty boutique, I know you're not seeing anything but Cavendish.
GaddockTeej
No you don't. How could you possibly know that?
EverNotRelevant
Because unless you're living in South America, that's pretty much all grocery stores have in stock.
valianteffort1213
My local Safeway (California central coast) has red bananas and occasionally apple bananas (my favorite). They're more expensive but present
GaddockTeej
How do you know I don't live in South America? How do you know I even look at bananas at all while shopping? How do you know I'm not blind?
fnordsensei
Some people think that there’s only one kind of banana. I thought so as a kid. I’m now married to a Brazilian, who finds this hilarious.
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
If you're only getting your bananas by ship, Cavendish basically is the only kind of banana you get.
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Well, there's also mini bananas, those might be a different breed. But they also cost the same per banana as full size ones.
SeeMyVests
So like, ten dollars?
Dopplersheep
Woah, how many is a brazilian?
craftycatdog84
…There’s not just one…? My whole life is a lie.
fnordsensei
There’s all kinds! Some are only eaten after they’re cooked, while others are small, sweet and considered a dessert item (in Brazil).
EverNotRelevant
Yeah... Cavendish is just the easiest to farm/transport, so that's pretty much the only thing in North America. Sucks for biodiversity, tho.
xcopperx
Cavendish is fish eggs, your thinking of Cavenders.
SeanConnerysLisp
Murphy's Law in action here
xcopperx
What a shitshow
OperationM1ndcrime
Cavenders is a chain of boot stores. You're thinking of the Cave dwellers
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
No Cavender's is a boot store you're thinking of Caveats.
thegregorious
Cavendish is a sprint specialist cyclist
MelfsAcidArrow
Cavenders is how you track days of the month th. You’re thinking of colanders
ifatreefallsintheforest
Cavenders are boots. You’re thinking of Cumberbatch
GaddockTeej
Colander is a wine. What you meant was Colgate.
TheHiddnOne
Colgate is a sugary teethpaste, you're thinking of coelacanth
MFKG
Coelacanth are fish, the word you're looking for is Columnist