30,000 Pounds of Bananas

I spied this market display of bananas and couldn't resist capturing it, but had to resort to using the iPhone. There were yellow bananas, green bananas, and brown bananas for some reason. Who buys brown bananas? Anyway, the photo was kind of mundane so I applied a little Topaz magic to make it a little more.....wait for it....a "peeling." Sorry.

So looking at the display, there were a LOT of bananas, maybe as many as 30,000 pounds worth.....which of course brought to mind the Harry Chapin song, an oddly fun song about a true story in which a truck crashed while descending a long hill while loaded down with 30,000 pounds of bananas. The driver dies and bananas were thrown everywhere around the vicinity of the crash. Give it a listen and enjoy the story of a truck filled with 30,000 pounds of bananas crashing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uz_TQbWubs

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot and really who wants a brown banana

[Elizabeth]

Great processing of these rather stubby bananas. How about Going Bananas as an alternate title?

[Peter]

Lovely result of your processing Ron creating interesting patterns, tones and textures:)

[Lou Ann]

Brown bananas are all the rage. They have more antioxidants than yellow or green ones. Of course they have to be blended for a smoothie, as they really aren’t palatable by themselves. Chapin was an amazing artist, this song is great, I will hear his “30,000 pounds of bananas” all day, lol.

[Joanne Diochon]

Love the image. Not the same but, around here, brown bananas are bananas that are on their way to being rotten. If their not too brown they make great banana loaf though!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I live near Scranton PA! Of course, I'd much rather see this picture than the demise of a truck driver and his bananas on that hill- it really is that steep! Lovely artsy bananas!

[Ron]

@bkbinthecity Thanks for chiming in Brian. As you might see from the comments, apparently brown bananas are quite popular! I guess their really not that edible on their own, but for baking and smoothies and such, I guess there really is quite the demand. The things you learn here, huh?

[Ron]

@redy4et Not a bad idea, Elizabeth, but I was really after the song title theme - and I just love the Harry Chapin song. Thanks for your comments!

[Ron]

@pcoulson Thanks very much for the kind words, Peter.

[Ron]

@louannwarren Thanks for the input Lou Ann. I guess I learned something! Sorry about making the song get stuck in your head!

[Ron]

@gardencat Thanks Joanne, I was surprised to learn that there really is quite a demand for brown bananas. I'm going to have to check my refrigerator for things I might make money off of!

[Ron]

@olivetreeann Ah, so you are quite familiar with the incident! I understand it's a two mile downhill run, and quite downhill at that. All kinds of warnings for trucks I'm told. I was born not too far from there myself!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh I have to say that is an all time favourite song with me and my kids - I don't know how many times we played and danced around singing and laughing to Harry with that song. thanks for playing in the challenge!