“Go bananas” is slang for “to lose control” or “to go crazy.” There’s a joke:
“I am going bananas. That’s what I say to my bananas before i leave the house.”
The joke went viral on ️Twitter on July 1, 2014.
️Twitter
@spiffyhes
Im going bananas is what i say to my bananas before i leave
8:34 PM - 1 Jul 2014
Twitter
Alex Borsuk
@alex_borsuk27
“I’m going bananas…. is what i say to my bananas when I leave the house, I’m going bananas, bye”
8:35 PM - 1 Jul 2014
Twitter
Mateusz Conrado
@mconrado13
“I’m going bananas. That’s what I say to my bananas when I leave.” 😂😂😭😂
8:35 PM - 1 Jul 2014
Twitter
areeba ali
@mynameisareeba
“IM GOING BANANAS!” Is what I say to my bananas when I leave the house lmao
8:35 PM - 1 Jul 2014
Twitter
Yik Yak
@YikYakApp
“I’m going bananas. Is what I say to my bananas as I leave the house.” — University of Florida
10:35 PM - 27 May 2016
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I am going bananas. Thats what i say to my bananas before i leave the house
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I am going bananas.
submitted October 14, 2016 by TFRAIZ
That’s what I say to my bananas before I leave in the morning.
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.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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