Banana Superstitions

[lowprofile]

never eat charms...

[bus kid]

Originally Posted by easyday

Its like us in the Marines on our AAV's wont eat apricots on them.

Quarters in troop comp hatch seals,during ship to shore exercises Ive never seen so many grown men cry.
Yat Yas.
no bananas, no apricoits

[swinginFish]

When bananas ripen they give off ethylene - a gas that hastens the ripening of other fruit. On ships that used to transport fruit, a few ripening bananas in the hold could cause a shipment of other items to spoil -the lost revenue tended to piss off the ill-paid crew (folks didn't know from ethylene back then), so bananas got a bad rap amongst traditionally superstitious sailors.

I, too, bring 'em along on the kayak, but not on boats. Have caught fish while eating them, as well as just after tossing a peel in the water. Am one for fishing mojo (never - I mean NEVER - wash my fishing hat), and evade bad fishing juju, but thus far, can't say as banana's on the water do anything but taste good.

AE

[easyday]

Originally Posted by lowprofile

never eat charms...

Originally Posted by bus kid

Quarters in troop comp hatch seals,during ship to shore exercises Ive never seen so many grown men cry.
Yat Yas.
no bananas, no apricoits

Haha yea charms and apricots we had a boot last MEU bring some trail mix with dried apricots on a ship 2 shore exercise in Thailand and our track caught fire and troop fan went out....everyone blamed him for our 4 hours of smoke inhilation.