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Giant Banana Pulled Over in Montana: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s Of Times (cowboystatedaily.com)
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For 15 years, Steve Braithwaite has driven a 23-foot banana across the country and, on Wednesday, just like hundreds of times before, he was pulled over…

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[–] otterpop@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I like his slogan: "The world needs more whimsy". You see it even here in this thread where half the comments can't focus on his amazing and hilarious the banana car is and instead make it about their disdain for police.

It would be awesome if more people did this and the world looked more like Richard Scarry's books!

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

There's always room for more disdain for police!

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

And disdain for colonial plantations! Let's leave no fun unspoiled!

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 26 minutes ago

Bananas themselves use cHeMiCaLs to grow. Some of those chemicals have been found in kids' snacks.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 minutes ago

He's calling the adventure "The World Needs More Whimsy Grand Tour."

Fuck yeah, I like him.

[–] Bashnagdul@lemmy.world 13 points 1 hour ago

Richard scarry feels validated.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

"'The reason I pulled you over, that light back there, you peeled out.'"

Nothing like abusing your authority just to make a shitty dad joke.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 26 minutes ago

Why does this man have too much money to burn?

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 hours ago

"We've stopped him often enough in the past but he's pretty slippery.", said Officer Plantain. /s

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 15 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It's not the sort of thing I'd use to split town but I can see the appeal.

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

A car with a peal

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They probably pulled him over as he made them feel very small.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago

From that perspective, imagine just how much he's overcompensating...

[–] thenewred@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

This could be a Ricky Gervais show. Guy drives a banana car, but is completely jaded and over it.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Imagine how many times if it was a plantain.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 points 4 hours ago

I was thinking of the eggplant emoji.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 14 points 4 hours ago

enough roadside conversations to fill a produce aisle

Nice

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 6 points 4 hours ago

This guy found the idea of being the big banana a bit too a-peeling.

[–] cattywampus@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Is that a banana in your garage or are you just happy to see me?