the banana strikes back

August 25th, 2005 by John Marcotte

My buddy the Panhandling Banana is attempting to think outside the cardboard box that he lives in at night.

Instead of simply collecting money from strangers who avert their eyes, he has branched out into the seedy world of advertising. eBay has already pulled his auction once, but he thinks he has the kinks worked out of the system now.

The high bidder will win naming rights to the cardboard sign that the banana holds on some freeway off-ramp. I’d bid it up myself, but I think it would be much funnier if someone he didn;t know made him hold up an embarrassing sign. I’d make a crude joke involving genetalia. Just a suggestion.

The eBay Auction is right here.

The Panhandling Banana Web site can be found here.

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Daniel Says:
August 3rd, 2006 at 6:32 am
You stole your idea from this website!!!

http://www.crazyphotos.com/honestbum.html

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