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04-08-2009, 20:37   #1
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We actually are the worlds biggest Banana Republic!

Nearly coughed up my cornflakes this morning when I read this on wiki

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_count...nas_in_america

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Believe it or not Ireland is the bigest exporter of bananas in the world. Although bananas do not grow in Ireland, Fyffes (an Irish owned company) imports bananas from Columbia, Honduras, Belize and Costa Rica and then exports them throughout Europe making Ireland, as a country, the biggest exporter of bananas in the world!


http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...a_republic.jpg

Cue Banana Republic jokes that we can now no longer deny....


After all that has happened in the last 12 months could we possibly look any more thick as a Nation?

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Fcuk off bananas
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Why did you have to go and say that last thing? =(

Who cares if we look thick as a nation.

ffs our high horses have may been crippled but we're still here damn it!
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I like bananas.
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We can't even do Banana Republic right, we have to import them

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ah jez ted that cant be right?

Are you bananas at the moment??
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Sales of Banana republic by Boomtown Rats will go through the roof after this report Thread
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These are the biggest exporters

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# 1 Ecuador: $954.00 million
# 2 Costa Rica: $564.00 million
# 3 Colombia: $560.00 million
# 4 Philippines: $241.00 million
# 5 Panama: $184.00 million
# 6 Italy: $165.00 million
# 7 United States: $161.00 million
# 8 France: $151.00 million
# 9 Guatemala: $147.00 million
Poncho Murphy 3 doors down may be the biggest Heroin dealer in the town.. it doesnt make him an exporter
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Since when does importing bananas make us thick?
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Fyffes have been the worlds largest banana buyer/distributor/wholesaler for years.
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I like bananas.
me 2 me 2
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04-08-2009, 20:55   #12
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These are the biggest exporters



Poncho Murphy 3 doors down may be the biggest Heroin dealer in the town.. it doesnt make him an exporter
They're not classified as "bananas" until they're ripe, they're exported from South America very much un-ripe (but still clearly sodding bananas!)
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Bananas make me hyper. True story.
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Since when does importing bananas make us thick?

Corruption in politics leads certain third world countries (that mostly grow bananas) to be described in a derogatory sense as a "Banana Republic". Given our level of corruption and the increasing perception around the world that Ireland gives Zimbabwe a run for it's money in the corruption league - the fact we actually take in and export bananas aswell has a certain comic and embarrasing undertone.
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Bananas make me hyper.
When eaten?
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