An extinct variety of Banana is called "Gros Michel" aka French for "Fat Michael" ...Why? I can think of only one reason & I don't like it.
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Replying to @dirtbagboyfren
NOBODY NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT YOUR DICK EVERY TIME THEY HAVE A BANANA, MICHAEL! NO WONDER THOSE BANANAS ARE EXTINCT!
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Replying to @dirtbagboyfren @skulldelacreme
They were regularly referred to in English as "Big Mikes"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @skulldelacreme
The modern "Cavendish" one now sees in supermarkets is reputed to be smaller, paler and blander
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Replying to @arthur_affect @skulldelacreme
Your grandma sitting with a stubby little modern banana sighing "Oh how I miss Big Mike"
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Replying to @dirtbagboyfren @skulldelacreme
"Big Mike, despite -- or perhaps because of -- its size and fecundity, was all too vulnerable to disease"
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