We left In And Out last night around 6:15 headed for the church building.
It was dark outside but not so dark that we couldn’t see two figures dresses as bananas waving signs trying to urge people to come to their store and buy a smoothie.
Has the sign waving fad made it to your city yet?
The following is the real conversation that occurred in our vehicle:
M - (shocked) What is that?
Me - What is what?
M - Those people dressed as something.
Me - They look like bananas.
M - (appalled) They are bananas!
Me - They’re just trying to get people to come in and buy a smoothie.
M - (mortified) Dressed like that? How embarrassing! What if someone sees them.
Me - Honey, it’s dark, no one will ever know.
M - (Conviction & Passionate Resolve) - Dad, THEY know!
Thus proving, of course, that no matter the time or place banana costumes are not fashionable.
The people who are the most excited about banana clad employees are those who work or worked for Hot Dog on A Stick.
"Sure our hats our silly and our colors extravagant. At least we’re not dressed like bananas!"
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December 6th, 2007 at 9:38 am
Obvioiusly, this begs the question, “what would one dress up as to get people to pull in to your church’s parking lot?” (without first calling the police or scaring small children)
Bible characters don’t count.
Fisherman: fishers of men (& women)
Bottle of “white out”: sing w/me, “whiter than snow, yes whiter….”
Big Eraser: well, you get the idea
December 6th, 2007 at 9:49 am
I hate to hear of young people or anyone these days making banana-ist remarks. Bananas are people too.
As John Merrick said, “I am not a banana, I am a human being.”
December 6th, 2007 at 10:20 am
This place is a sign waving capital! They are on every corner and looking wierder every day! It’s hard to improve on wfma’s response, though. I’m sure if this blog gets much recognition, you could come under fire from some politically correct banana-rights group.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:28 am
When I retired, I knew at some point I would probably get a part-time job (haven’t done it, yet). Someone we all know and love asked me in a recent phone conversation if I was working at Chik-fil-A yet! Well, not yet, but I probably would if it was a choice between that and dressing up like a banana!!!
Thank God for hearts as sensitive as M’s! 
December 6th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
I love that girl!
December 6th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
I’m perplexed by the need for 2 banana guys? Seems like they could have (here it comes) “split” the job.
December 6th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
There were two because bananas come in bunches, and you can’t have a bunch of one.
December 9th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
At least that makes sense. I saw Winnie The Pooh trying to get people inside to buy a burrito.
December 15th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Wasn’t there a hero of your wife’s who wore fruit hats all the time? I find that M. is a little too hard on those bananas, and this post will definitely influence what kind of outfit she’s getting from me this Christmas.