bananas

shamus · Post by **shamus** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:45 pm

Who believes the theory of Bananas on a boat is bad luck ?

shamus · Post by **shamus** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:47 pm

Noles any input !!!!!!

BlueCrab · Post by **BlueCrab** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:52 pm

This is Philip Bannan:

and yes, he is bad luck.

fishpirate · Post by **fishpirate** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:24 pm

Spell check

uncdub13 · Post by **uncdub13** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:03 pm

terrible, terrible luck.

Slime Bandit · Post by **Slime Bandit** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:06 am

GOING bananas on a boat is bad luck.
Going on a boat with JOEY Bananas is bad luck.
Anything else? Meh.

Silverspoon · Post by **Silverspoon** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:29 am

It is an old wive's tale based on the fact that bananas float and when you found them floating on the water, it indicated a ship wreck of one of the many banana boats bringing bananas to the US from South and Central America.

Skeeter · Post by **Skeeter** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:04 am

Banana's are hard to cast and they twist your line when you troll with them.
I like to rig the little green ones with a 4.0 worm hook, and jig them on the bottom for grouper. You can peel back the tail for more action and additional scent in the water.

BlueCrab · Post by **BlueCrab** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:26 pm

Silverspoon wrote:It is an old wive's tale based on the fact that bananas float and when you found them floating on the water, it indicated a ship wreck of one of the many banana boats bringing bananas to the US from South and Central America.

Well, I don't know about that, but the Bannan family were known scabies carriers and would quickly infect all the sailors on a vessel. The old time sailors soon figured out that their crotch only itched after a cruise if a Bannan was on board. Hence: Bannon=itchy crotch=sucks to be you=bad luck.

Lime Cider · Post by **Lime Cider** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:27 pm

Not really superstitious, but Sunday I was fishing and not catching.

About noon my friend says, "I'm so hungry, I could eat this mirrodine."
I said "You didn't bring anything to eat?" He says "yeah, I brought a couple of nanners, but somehow they got soggy."

I caught a snooklet and he got skunked. Just sayin'

seeinred · Post by **seeinred** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:45 pm

I eat bananas all the time before I go fishing, great for some energy first thing in the morning.

BlueTuna · Post by **BlueTuna** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:55 pm

I went on a charter boat in Hawaii and the deck hand checked our coolers prior to leaving and took out any bananas. Caught three fish in 8 hours!

Redfisher · Post by **Redfisher** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:53 pm

Lime Cider wrote:Not really superstitious, but Sunday I was fishing and not catching. About noon my friend says, "I'm so hungry, I could eat this mirrodine."
I said "You didn't bring anything to eat?" He says "yeah, I brought a couple of nanners, but somehow they got soggy." I caught a snooklet and he got skunked. Just sayin'

Your friend must be a real dumbazz!

I'll bet that in his effort to eat better,he packed what he thought was a healthy snack and forgot all about the bananna thing.
Still pretty friggin' stupid!

noles · Post by **noles** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:29 pm

shamus wrote:Noles any input !!!!!!

What! I caught fish and the banana was tasty!

Kpmiggs · Post by **Kpmiggs** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:10 pm

I bring those things with me a lot and never had any bad mojo. Plus I am not superstitous.

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:53 pm

The superstition about bananas has been around along time, and I was well aware of it. Bananas are a great source of potassium and makes a for a great energy food. I use to eat them when I raced bicycles. Sam can atest for me, I had one along on this particular day. So much for superstitions

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