I hope I can post my article here soon via Alan or via a comment. Worrying about what has happened or what might happen prevents you from seeing what is happening. And, not only do we have 12 different varieties of apples to choose from, but we get to pick through the pile to find the best looking ones to take home. NOW! Tell that to the farmers in India whose GMO grain required so much water that theyve sucked their water table down to the brine. Lets not be too hasty. Allow me to attempt to shed some light on this. Ive been looking back at this site pretty much every week since the last article and havent really heard anything much about updates. I remember signing yours Alan, Bryan and I had all met for dinner, and were desperately trying to keep buffalo sauce from the pages. Frank, I know your only trying to keep some DI stuff going in the comments, but you do realise that these articles you keep posting will be protected by copyright laws. Join me in urging the Bellowses to publish another book. Now all we need is something to tackle Peanut Butter, but that ones much harder to argue against of course. Now I know why my book smelled like ribs, lol. Hi Misfit, Alan, If youre reading this then im sure youre intelligent enough to realise that he represents a Moronic Minority and, yes, i do see it as a shame that this brilliant and thought-provoking site is left to whither away but i also understand that you are a human and not some word spouting AI, You probably have your reasons and im positive that we have no right to judge, It would be good to have you back but it wouldnt be the same Alan if it was forced. Or anyone else? ! In order to meet the world demand for this fruit, banana plants are grown in several tropical countries, many of which are islands. The Course is not about you creating miracles; it is about you removing the blocks to the awareness of the miracles that are all around you. Im aware they also said more articles a long time ago but obviously something changed. I am very aware about the future of ??? Accept it. If you cant tell the difference between crossbreeding articles and reality, perhaps youd feel more comfortable policing the comments at damninteresting4kids.com. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4024. Spam? and a fabulous New Year! .. . I know I just came to this site a week ago, but if it would be me this site should never expire it is great info and when we all are going to contribute with articles it could survive forever. Is he sick? Those small dark flecks are immature seeds that won't develop or grow more bananas. work!!! Article about the project: A good story about brown bananas. Wow. purchased the book, and have been a long time reader of the site. I think the sooner you accept that, the happier you will be. But my patience is wearing thin. Essajas was scheduled to compete in the 800-meter race, but he was given the wrong starting time. My vote is URL change to: http://www.damnbanana.com. To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature you meet. To those complaining of the lack of new content: I apologize. Is your Dad OK? complete with time counter since last article!, Still peeking in on the off chance something might have happened. I never had anything to do with Big Mike. Go into the archives and read the past articles, can anyone say theyve read them all? The book has (presumably) sold well, and the site has since been neglected. In the 1950s the Vietnamese Cavendish came to the rescue. Well, at least all the grumbling must be very encouraging for the authors and owners of the site as it is confirmation they write excellent content. As for a lack of aura all I can say is that the science of auras has never been seriously validated, so to claim that lack of said aura is an indication of poor nutritional value doesnt hold any merit. Alan, It cannot be lost or found by someone else for you. I imagine that many of these same people also expect doctors, attorneys, and CPAs to work either for free or for a greatly reduced fee. This site has given me hours of pleasure and the book is one of my most treasured possessions. Enough is enough, or in this case, too little is too little. Suriname would have to wait another eight years to field another Olympian. I was kinda bored. Yall need to get it together or just retire the site altogether. Who cares? (http://www.whois.net/whois/damninteresting.com). No matter what country you call home, I hope that you do not represent the average person in your age group, and I hope that the rest of your family is not like you. Ive noticed several people stating that no one here is entitled to new content and whatever the creators or writers are willing to put forth is fine but that is only partially true. It is amazing how we have such a preoccupation with the end of the world. This can happen as a result of plant fragmentation and regeneration of specific vegetative parts. Ive never ventured into the comments, but the articles were always very thought provoking, and certainly Damn Interesting! I know a few people who would love the book! Written by Alan Bellows on 25 March 2006. Lets hope that Alan et al come back soon. Unemployed 18 year oldswho lve wih their parents dont have much cash to spare after car insurance and gas. In wet conditions, mature antheridia swell and burst, releasing sperm onto the surface of the leaves. I remember being taught in Biology, ages ago, that the banana was triploid, i.e. I hope this means that things are looking up for you :). is that too much? Spies. Surely they are DI enough to read again if you need a fix that bad? So for years to come from now we will be reminded about this big mistake. Indeed, the banana appears almost purpose-designed for efficient human consumption and distribution. We will never spam or share your email address. I bet if you posted a request for articles you would find more than enough diehard fans to fill the gap for quite some time. where our mouth(keyboard? Haha. Freed from your vile puerile stench that coats babies and comely co-eds breath. I hope it really gets going, because its a massive shame about DI! Wow thats rich, yeah I think most of us have and really, is that the problem? Further, he commented in October. . Thank you though, Frank, for a moment there I started feeling guilty. I missed that post. Why create something only to keep it in a suspended state of disrepair? When I need a fix, I hit the random story button and it is new to me. Im sorry, Frank. like how the Cavendish replaced the Big Mike. If they make one great, if not thank you for all the free content and I see no reason why you need to turn over the website to anyone else. Most flowering plants have hermaphrodite flowers, i.e. Selective breeding is the process of asking Mother Nature to give you certain characteristics. What frightens us is not that we look clearly at something but that we dont look and live our lives based on what we think might happen. Bananageddon FUD for the whole family! Waaay back some friends and I used to organise parties, 400 500 people. Ive been reading this site for years and Im disappointed that there hasnt been a post in half a year but what really disappoints me is the people who leave comments with curse words in them. Herbicide? Your answer is with you now; you merely need to clear away everything that is not the answer. Jason, I think Frank was trying to be helpful. I would have created it sooner but I cant seem to think of a name for the site! We must do something. Read more: How Old Is The Oldest Banana Tree? Where is the public outcry? How do banana plants reproduce without seeds? Or maybe the inspiration has run dry. Also, you cant add pictures or anything in the comments section :-(, I dont understand pretty much all of what AntEconomist said, but, if its true and Im sure it is no more articles are going to be written. No, I am not Mr. Bellows. I found this site in September of 2009, and have spent many hours reading thru the archives. Angiosperms. Have a great day, and yes i am still hoping for new articles here. Some kinds of GM are probably harmless, such as copying traits from different cultivars of the same species. Just checking in, looking at the Damn Interesting Comments. However, if you have not already, I highly suggest you read all of the stories in the archive. I dont trust any source that is widely available, such as Wikipedia, and could compromise big industries. I wish you the best of luck. I dont have long left. It turn out that people are more selective about texture than flavor. In fact, that would be worse than DI going dark with its last, abandoned shred of dignity intact. Hey Guys dont get me wrong here i do not want to be disrespectful towards anyone. :-D, @chris85 I think trying for a new site is a good idea, and Ill try my hand at writing something if I can find the material. Somebody actually went and registered http://www.damnbanana.com after #174. That and the fact that I would never trust another Human Being when it comes to personal experience. It was ready to go last year when Alan went AWOL. Banana trees produce pups as part of reproduction but also to increase the general surface area of the plant so they can absorb more light and water. Good job DI! I realize that as far as getting the right taste and resistance there would be a lot of research and trial&error (phenotype/genotypes being what they are and all) and that re plantation would be costly but surely this could be one way the banana plantations could immediately slow the effects of full blown bananagedon while buying some time for geneticists to create a GM super banana? (okay Im done)), and start writing articles of our own! It is difficult to conceive of a more fortuitous fruit. It, too, was the result of a serendipitous mutation, this one from an orange tree in Brazil in the mid-1800s. But having a Damn good time reading all the Damn comments. Here tis with my appologies! How the banana has got away without pollination for so many. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELahVSsrmA8. Sorry I missed the one year anniversary of the last article. Its at least worth a try. That is why the above quote is a good one. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Where has our Damn Interesting gone? I dont know how this site is managed but I bet there are hundreads of people here who could have something interesting to tell. We understand that you wanted a break but just put one out every month! As it says, Go on; clouds cannot stop you.. Although im still busy reading through all the archive stuff :), hey, i just wanted to say that i found this article really interesting. ummm..maybe if I have another cup of coffee? Youre the one dragging this thread down to youtube level with your arrogance and aggressiveness! This is the same perspective we need to hold onto for ourselves. This article was already DI when I read the unfinished version a few weeks ago, and it is even more so now. I love this site and the creative writing of the articles. Pollen lands on the stigma, the female part of a flower. Why not post them until you get out of whatever is troubling you? I liked this site, but unfortunately the writers seem to have other interests (which is their right). If his hearts not in it, his hearts not in it. GMOseugenics on steroidswhich have so far proven to be a far less predictable and far more destructive trial-and-error science?. His car was left covered in dirt and dust, the report said. A sterile, cloned monoculture? I truly enjoy the reading but dislike the feeling of being unappreciated and kept out of the loop as a member. I have done both. They are incredibly expensive. I want a sequel to the first book. The elder monk could tell that something was bothering his companion, but nothing was said. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. What has fear ever done for you? Anonymousx2 good point. But if they havent told us then maybe its none of our business. You blew in a month ago, a stupidity storm sweeping through an otherwise pleasant website. Current goals: http://banana.mappr.info/blog/?page_id=52 He decided to take a nap and ended up sleeping through his event, breaking the heart of his country. Perhaps theres fate as well. If the domain name expires, you might consider scooping it up right away on the offchance that Mr. Bellows is just indisposed and wants it back later. Iwanttosayitaloud Yes my bad that i wrote Alan wrong, but it still concerns me that DI expires on Juli 29 2010. A carcinogen is a cancer-causing agent. Hurrah. I really thought that after the book -which I bought two of, one as a gift- you would start writing articles again. Something I thought was DI: Chile quake might have shortened days on Earth Really like the new site :) I promise Ill get an article at some point haha. He, like myself and many others miss the DI updates. All text/images/media copyright their respective creators http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment, Ah I love freedom of speech, Go Michael Go, I dont know how much it cost to keep this site up but if I would need to pay a little for it I sure would do it. Its getting close to the point where DI is fast approaching the bottom of my favourites listing. An ETA on new articles. Its a fact that we cannot sustain a population of 9billion using normal food production techniques. Just let us know. Currently the project covers Africa, with a recent expansion to Costa Rica; further expansion may eventually follow. Miss your writing, Alan. Id like to say Thanks to Alan and to all the writers who have contributed over the years, for giving me some fantastic reading. I just ate a navel orange for desert. So again very pleased to read about Misfits idea my attention came to the next comment from O_P_D. good, which is directed at you. My suggestion is to write a short message to Allen Bellows , this is his mail address, alan@alanbellows.com to keep his site up even if we all have to pay a little contribution for it. Printed from https://www.damninteresting.com/the-unfortunate-sex-life-of-the-banana/. Ive read everything except for some of the stories about weapons. Thanks for the recap, FrankG. Varieties grown for local consumption would also suffer, potentially causing mass starvation in tropical regions. Reposting without the link: Someone who always wanted to build something unusual has built a Banana Car. Why did forensic tests find high levels of radioactive contamination on some of the victims clothes? It was a great read and I will be loaning it to my brother this weekend. Let us become aware of the thoughts that serve us and those that cost us our peace and insight and gladly make the sacrifice of fear today. I dont do the Facebook or Twitter stuff, Im just not interested in it, so Ive no idea what Alan says on there. One method involves the traditional techniques of selective breeding: although banana plants are clones, very occasionally they can be persuaded to produce seeds through a painstaking process of hand pollination. At first i just wanted to copy/paste it. Made public Thursday, the files are the fifth collection of records about unidentified flying objects to be released by the Ministry of Defense and The National Archives as part of a project to open the files up to a wider audience. As Einstein said, You either live as if everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle. That is your choice. Stuck with the clunky, inefficient cloning of asexual reproduction, the sterile banana is at a serious disadvantage in the never-ending biological arms race between plant and pest. I suspect that you will find that scholarly-yet-entertaining writing is more difficult than it appears. kissaki: Blessings be upon thee for supporting this site, for not complaining, and for showing concern for Mr. Bellow. Has Alan simply decided to move on? 10.5 years older. Even Scientific American was crying foul on that one. Dance, monkeys! Thats not the way life and economies work. This could make it plausible that every so often you could cross-pollinate and repopulate the banana plantations to naturally update their genetics. Perhaps one slice of banana per consumer per year, at a possible cost of $2 per slice. but thats a bad banana! No, not this one he replied This one is a Chocolate banana! Oh ok! and the kid ate the whole thing smiling. I understand your reaction to KPs statements, but I also understand him. Thanks DI, I cant wait to pour through it. All dogs come from the same animal all dogs are different phenotypes of the wolf. hi yall I guess climbing back into the bottle has really helped me to cope. Book not selling? I was thinking that instead of complaining about the lack of articles, we could put our money(time? Last I heard, they were trying to come up with a new strain by crossbreeding the banana sex article with the Marvin Heemeyer article. I agree with this spoon guy here, i havent seen a new article since i discovered this site. To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Figure about $10,000,000 per year for construction and maintenance. If a payment of $15 year would keep the site going with a new article every month, then I would pay. Select pesticide-enhanced grains have been shown in independent tests (some of which have already been mentioned in this forum) to cause carcinoma, meningioma, and other varieties of cancer. It isnt my intent to be critical. This is some great stuffand just the kind of work Id expect! Theyre really deserving of at least some of the credit for the success and to simply abandon them is frankly just disrespectful. Any study linking banana consumption to intelligence? Until then, updates will only come when I happen to have a bit of time, ambition, and joy all at the same time. More than that, though, I hope that Mr. Castle and the Brothers Bellows are okay. There have also been many offers of help and support from the fanbase offering to share some of the duties of the site. To me it sounded as though he was basically saying he had lost his inspiration somehow. I really miss Damn Interesting. Maybe there is a need for an ber interesting website to carry forward, or at least get the permissions changed so other staff can keep it alive and let Alan retire in peace where people will leave him alone and stop bitching. You expect safety from the same crowd that rubber-stamped everything from DDT to benzoates to methylmercury? So stop trying to be a wiseguy. So I will refer you to this: https://www.damninteresting.com/space-radio-more-static-less-talk. Come on ! Newbie moment here They say theres truth in anagrams. We are living in a fast pace world, so you are right, watch where your information comes from. THE TEN BIGGEST BLUNDERS IN OLYMPIC HISTORY, BEFORE THE DUTCH BLUNDER. Post or lose customers (once called readers.). If the site goes down after July, then so be it (although it would be a significant loss). You might say you learned some good lessons from it. Are you.. dear reader, up to the challenge?? No, I was not being sarcastic. Sperm cells are produced inside pollen grains. Thanks for the brain food. and a link to his blog at bananabook.org. What you used was just a sentence fragment, and made no sense. This genus is a type of flowering plant (angiosperm). Dunno why it takes 4 months to finish one. this is a ridiculously long post for someone just suggesting people contribute articles of their own. Im looking forward to when Damn Interesting officially returns. Yesterday, professional competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi ate 16 bananas in 60 seconds. I am patiently looking forward to the next article. I just wanted to show here a nice article from CNN and give my take on it. What kind of jerk is this to just hijack the famous Bellows website of DI?? Or look up the conditions Monsanto puts on the sale of their grains, which include a prohibition on scientific testing to scrutinize their claims about how well their products work. Finally after a few hours the other monk could not keep his mouth shut any longer. OK so where is the next interesting bite of intellegent brain candy? Either way, the man says he is experiencing some personal difficulties. There isnt much happening here at the minute for whatever reason, and Im not going to get drawn into whatever the reasons behind it are except to say thanks for all the DI stuff so far and fingers crossed some more will be coming eventually. When they get brown and soft, they get must more sweet. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Lucky I have already had practice. But that sticks not just ugly, its distracting and information-diluting. (Other than complain about the site, or defend it.) He said he came home from work at 4 a.m. to see a large blue triangle-shaped craft hovering over his back garden. Check out http://uvb-76.blogspot.com/ to listen in on the current transmission. Thank you Frank for sharing this interesting post. Where I am going with this is that these two strains could have remained genetically diverse enough (due to their sexual reproduction) to withstand the Panama and Bananageddon scenarios. If one cuts a banana and note the inner bits there are three sides unlike an apple or for the most part, any other organic thing. Heres to hoping Alan gets in a better spot or whatever the private issues may be and this place goes somewhere again. , everything youve read here is mirrored somewhere else on the internet, but its so very rare to find a decent site that provides quality content without compromising their standards the neat format and interesting articles are what made DI great in the first place. Just thought I d check in and see how the banana was doing. That really helps. Period. Sucked and spat out like a half-eaten smartie. sorry guys I have updated my blog adress Thanks. Keepsss on getting more funniier evvvrrrry time. A ship in The Wash, a bay near Boston, also saw the lights, and at the same time RAF air defense radars picked up the blip over Boston, the report said. The banana plant is a hybrid, originating from the mismatched pairing of two South Asian wild plant species: Musa acuminataand Musa balbisiana. A friend of mine was hanging out with a buddy and his little kid, and they had a brown banana laying around. The first feature article is on Epigenetics how major experiences we have may have an effect on our DNA http://scishark.com/2011/03/epigenetics/, you can check out the site at Scishark.com, (mentioned @ boingboing) WoW is a video game, and thus not relevant to this discussion. How about if you put the book in your pants and take 5 valiums, youll fall asleep and DREAM your own articles! Sadly the time has come to say goodbye. In the Course it says that we think that without our ego, all would be chaos. February 18, 2010 5:49 a.m. EST. Yesterday I received an email from a fellow named Drew asking about the status of Damn Interesting. I miss you guys and your damn interesting content. It was DI as always. What gives you the right to be so vicious to somebody whos only crime was to stop writing And lets not forget all of the businesses that will founder if we abandon DI Banana Edition for DI Classic. To the people who complain about the lack of updates: just remove the bookmark, go live your life. Select layers via check-boxes; select African countries from the menu below the map. I cant eat that supermarket variety here in seattle. I will wait for as long as it takes to get new articles.in the meantime the random article button is a wonderful thing. I do wish all of you the best! ach well, its banana smoothie time. And I feel that its quite rude to say its unacceptable for them to not tell you all of the whats and whys of this site. Ill just read the good ones and skip over yours. I dont care however. Clicking on Read the rest of this article doesnt work several articles, including Son of Krakatoa, The Winchester Mystery House, etc. Hoping theres a renaissance and that all is well with the BellowsBrothers? Its worth a look if you can get past the penis jokes. Individual fruitor fingerssit comfortably in the human hand, readily detached from their close-packed companions. You can see evidence of this If you just cast your eyes upward from your latest badly-written rubbish. But thats not for me to say, either, I cant speak for anyone here. Its true creationists have pointed to the banana as being designed by God just for us. You know you can catch more flies with honey than with vinager. Also, big thanks to all the commenters on DI for making the comments just as readable as the articles. They also eat orange peels with pulp and the cores of a variety of fruits with varying enthusiasm. (In the search results youll also find an earlier story about the Banana Car that I mentioned above.). Now my soul is crushed. I immediately called him he did not answer but I did leave a message on his voice mail to clarify if it is so that his site is going to expire half of 2010 and that he should put down a comment on DI about it. Everything originates in a will for the The alternate domain DARNinteresting.com (which redirects to this site) was set to expire on March 17 2010, but it has now been renewed to 2011. Hey everybody were back and better than ever! Dog reproduce sexually, yeast reproduce by budding, Amoeba reproduce sexually and cultivated banana also reproduce asexually. Its one thing to say that Jon Stewart has an obligation to do a show Monday through Thursday, but quite another to say that someone who likes to write interesting articles and posts them from time to time online has the same obligation. Matt Castle is a writer and contributing editor for Damn Interesting, and not quite an anagram of 'Clam Taste'. If you can even call that living. Show me a sign. Yesterday, I was at a festival and bought the CD directly from the group. You are truly a wanker. If anyone in charge of the site asks, Ill gladly stop. Rather than swear at the brothers Bellows, how about we just plead and beg for the site control to be handed to Jason who obviously still checks the site! That book was briefly discussed in this 2005 DI article: https://www.damninteresting.com/the-inexplicable-voynich-manuscript. Todays music would be completely different without his inspiration, and if he had no bananas and peanut butter to eat he would have died years ago of starvation instead of being alive today.. Great article Damn Interesting as always. Christmas trees. What a disgusting thing to do. (makes another banana milkshake before its too late.). But if youd like to be instantly informed when that moment emerges, the best I can suggest is to subscribe to our RSS feed, follow us on Twitter, and/or add yourself to our email notification list. The farmers also had the advantage of experimenting, testing, and validating over several generations (rather than six months). Towards the end of the dance slugs may also display their sexual organs (in some species the penis is half as long as the slug's body). Talk about literally getting to eat the fruits of his labor! http://www.npr.org/2011/07/22/138610585/yes-we-do-have-bananas-for-now, (Again the spam filter wont let me post a link ), In a July 22 NPR Science Friday interview, banana expert Dan Koeppel discusses the problem of banana monoculture, and why he says we should demand banana variety. To find the interview go to npr.org and type bananas in the search box. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality. 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