“How come ‘you’re a peach’ is a compliment but ‘you’re bananas’ is an insult?” That’s a good question. Peaches are soft and fuzzy. A woman might have a “peaches and cream” complexion. She’s “a peach.” (Men usually are not.) A banana peel is something you slip on. Monkeys love bananas, and have “monkey business” and “a barrel of monkeys.” A banana is shaped like the male sex organ. Perhaps those are some of the reasons the “peach” means “fine” and “bananas” means “crazy.”
“How come ‘you’re a peach’ is a complement but ‘you’re bananas’ is an insult? Why are we allowing fruit discrimination to tear society apart?” was written by Chocolate Moose on Twitter on October 12, 2015.
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Chocolate Moose
@moose_chocolate
How come “you’re a peach” is a complement but “you’re bananas” is an insult? Why are we allowing fruit discrimination to tear society apart?
10:15 AM - 12 Oct 2015
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Leah Miller
@Leah_3737
How come “you’re a peach” is a complement but “you’re bananas” is an insult?
9:44 PM - 12 Oct 2015
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TK
@_aTyKe_
How is “youre a peach” a compliment but “youre bananas” an insult? Dont discriminate even if it is fruit
#BananaLivesMatter
2:22 PM - 16 Oct 2015
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James Kurtis
@OnAirGuy
How come “you’re a peach” is a compliment but “you’re bananas” is an insult? Why are we allowing fruit discrimination to tear society apart?
3:08 PM - 25 Oct 2015
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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