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minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 hours agoThe Banana Boat Song isn’t about the bananas.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 hours agoIt’s more about bananas than Lemon Song is about lemons though, that’s fer sher
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 hours ago“Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch…” What do you think is in those bunches? Hint. It’s bananas
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoAnd yet it’s not about the bananas.
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 hours agoWell no, obviously it’s about the banana boat.
minus-squareTheatomictruth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoLittle green apples is the only one litterally referring to fruit
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoBanana Boat Song is referring to fruit, that’s just not the point of the song. But the fruit is referenced a ton in the lyrics, what did you think the tally man was tallying?
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoBanthas? Sandpeople ride single file to hide their numbers, so they can be tricky to tally.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoOnly if you’re trying to tally them based on their footprints. If you’re watching them go by, being in single file makes them way easier to tally.
minus-squarebrem@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·14 hours agoTIL about metaphors?
The Banana Boat Song isn’t about the bananas.
It’s more about bananas than Lemon Song is about lemons though, that’s fer sher
I was gonna say…
“Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch…”
What do you think is in those bunches?
Hint. It’s bananas
And yet it’s not about the bananas.
Well no, obviously it’s about the banana boat.
Little green apples is the only one litterally referring to fruit
Banana Boat Song is referring to fruit, that’s just not the point of the song. But the fruit is referenced a ton in the lyrics, what did you think the tally man was tallying?
Banthas? Sandpeople ride single file to hide their numbers, so they can be tricky to tally.
Only if you’re trying to tally them based on their footprints. If you’re watching them go by, being in single file makes them way easier to tally.
TIL about metaphors?