Sir Geoffrey Bananington, PhD
Professor of Comparative Fruit, Literature and Interspecies Negotiation at Bruisington University
Take a look at this.
No, take a good look. You think those are bananas? Well, think again.
It's the underhanded, evil, insidious Banana Imposter: the plantain.
This imposter is often found in grocery store produce sections right next to the bananas (sometimes even touching them), but in my educated opinion, these are not bananas.
Here are some plantains lurking among the papaya, oranges and kiwi in the produce section:
And some hitching a ride on the back of a respectable truck just making its way to market:
Actually, Professor Bananington, I believe both bananas and plantains come from the genus Musa, so technically, I think they might be related...
oh, alright.
Maybe they are.
But if I'm to admit that they are in the same family, then they're the black sheep, the reprobates, the cousins-you-don't-want-to-acknowledge.
One has only to look at this picture to realize that these imposters don't deserve to be in the same fruitbowl as bananas! For crying out loud, they're square-shaped!
Who ever heard of a square banana?
I rest my case.
@bananamemos
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