My banana peel moment...

I stepped on a banana peel at the office last night:

No, I didn't. But I did fall that way ie I slipped and started to fall backwards, as if I had stepped on a banana. I must have turned on my side (clever me!) because I did not land on my back but on my left side (I would otherwise not be writing this now).

I hit my ankle and foot against the wall near the ground-level toilet I was coming out from. There was a slight ramp just after the toilet, on the way to the building's side entrance. There must have been something slippery on the ramp.

My ankle no longer hurts but there is a swelling on my left foot, on the top. The doctor thinks there's no fracture. The pain on my foot has eased, so I hope he's right.

Today's posting then is dedicated to my "banana moment". I found this person's blog that has gone bananas:

http://www.misscellania.com/miss-cellania/2006/11/8/bananas.html

It's quite funny. Here's a YouTube video from it:

Bananas vs cats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5juKWgeLNwM&feature=player_embedded

And of course I can't resist including one banana joke here, especially if it has something to do with Texas:

The bus conductor and the green banana joke

A Texas man works as a bus conductor.

One day -- for some unexplained reason -- he decides to ring the bell for the driver to set off while a woman is half getting on the bus. The driver sets off, the woman falls from the bus and is killed.

At the trial the man is sent down for murder and seeing as it's Texas, he's sent to the electric chair. On the day of his execution he's sat in the chair and the executioner grants him a final wish.

"Well," says the man, "is that your packed lunch over there?" "Yes," answers the executioner.

"May I have that green banana?"

The executioner reluctantly gives the man the green banana and waits till he's eaten it. When the man's finished, the executioner flips the switch sending thousands of volts through the man. When the smoke clears, the man is still alive. The executioner can't believe it. But the law says the man is now free to go.

"May I go?" the man asks. "I suppose so," says the executioner, "That's never happened before."

The man leaves and eventually gets a job back on the buses selling tickets. Again he rings the bell for the driver to go when people are still getting on. A man falls under the wheels and is killed. The man is sent down for murder again and sent to the electric chair. He sees the same executioner who is determined to do it right this time, so he rigs the chair up to the electric supply for the whole of Texas.

The condemned man is again sat in the chair. "What is your final wish?" asks the executioner. "May I have that green banana in your packed lunch?" he says. The executioner sighs and once again reluctantly gives up his banana. The guy eats the banana all up and the executioner flips the switch. Millions of volts course through the chair blacking out Texas. When the smoke clears the man is still sitting there, smiling in the
chair. The executioner can't believe it and lets the man go.

Well, would you believe, this psychotic fella gets his job back on the buses. Once again he rings the bell whilst passengers are still getting on, this time killing three of them. He is sent to the electric chair again. The executioner rigs up all of the United States electricity supply to the chair, determined to get his man this time.

The man sits down in the chair smiling.

"What's your final wish ?" asks the executioner, with a long sigh. "Well," says the man, "May I have that green banana out of your packed lunch?" The executioner hands over his banana and the man eats it all, skin included.

The executioner pulls the handle and gazillion volts go through the chair. When the smoke rises, the man is still alive -- without even a burn mark.

"I give up," says the executioner, "I don't understand how you can still be alive after all that." The executioner strokes his chin. "It's something to do with that green banana, isn't it?" he asked.

"Nah," says the bloke, "I'm just a really bad conductor."

-------------------------------------------

What better way to end this "Gone Bananas" posting than to include Harry Belafonte's 1956 classic, "Banana Boat Song". Enjoy (either of the two here):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMTNT_BzkdA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMigXnXMhQ4