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For 15 years, Steve Braithwaite has driven a 23-foot banana across the country and, on Wednesday, just like hundreds of times before, he was pulled over…

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 39 minutes ago

It's not the sort of thing I'd use to split town but I can see the appeal.

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

A car with a peal

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

They probably pulled him over as he made them feel very small.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

From that perspective, imagine just how much he's overcompensating...

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Imagine how many times if it was a plantain.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

I was thinking of the eggplant emoji.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 4 points 1 hour ago

This guy found the idea of being the big banana a bit too a-peeling.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 7 points 1 hour ago

enough roadside conversations to fill a produce aisle

Nice

[–] cattywampus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Is that a banana in your garage or are you just happy to see me?