PHLOEM BUNDLES!...
See those stringy bits? Technically, they're called "phloem bundles" (pronounced "FLO-em") and they distribute nutrients up and down the banana as it grows. They're a rich source of potassium, fibre, vitamin A, and vitamin B6.
We here at Infomaniac want to know ... do you Bitches eat the phloem bundles?
I couldn't think of anything more disgusting. Jx
ReplyDelete[PS Well... I probably could, truth be told.]
PS first
DeleteJON: Not only could you think of something more disgusting, you’re doing so right now.
DeleteNOOOOOO!
ReplyDeleteToo much Mr Beastie! Too early.
Sx
MISS SCARLET: Can you ever have too much?
DeleteWhy did I click that link? I knew what it was going to be, and yet I still clicked.
DeleteGah!
MR. DeVICE: It could have been worse.
DeleteAt least you didn’t click on this.
Congratulations ! For finding the word - and for the idea to ask how this parts may be called.
ReplyDeleteNow whenever I'll pull this stuff off my banana I will gently hum "Phloem flömmflömm, Phloehm, flömmflömm".
MAGO: I learned the word this week in a news article.
DeleteI didn’t even know those strings HAD a name!
I was going to mention Mr. Beast, but I see Scarlet has got in first. It's the damned IDL
ReplyDeleteDINAHMOW: The Mistress is not up on acronyms. What is IDL? Do you have a condition we should know about?
DeleteIt is possible that Dinahmow refers to the "International Date Line" (part of celestial mechanics I do not understand, here).
DeleteMAGO: We might never know the meaning of IDL.
DeletePerhaps it's Dinahmow's "safe word."
hahaha! My "safe word." I see Mr Magic has given you a link with a good, head-spinning explanation, so I shant blather on.But those of us who life on this side of the IDL know that we always come first...
DeleteThank you to both Mago and Dinahmow for defining IDL.
DeleteThe Mistress thought it was either a skin condition or a variation on LOL.
He'll no. But if you wouldn't mind leaving me a banana next to yesterday's tool. I mean hammer.
ReplyDeleteMISTRESS MADDIE: Yesterday's tool ... leftovers.
DeleteOh great, Brian Doyle-Murry is now shilling for the Banana Growers Council of the Americas.
ReplyDeleteLX: Egad, he does look like Bill Murray’s brother!
DeleteI will remember this next time I go down on a veiny banana.
ReplyDeleteHAYWARD: But will you swallow it?
DeleteStringy bits get pulled off along with the peel for me. Phloem sounds so fancy for something so bitter.
ReplyDeleteEROS: Fine. When you’re diagnosed with potassium deficiency, we’re here for you at the Infomaniac Medical Clinic. But don’t say we didn’t tell you so.
DeleteYes, we have no bananas!
ReplyDeleteNORMA: We may have no bananas today but who knows what tomorrow may bring.
DeleteUrgh. Now I know what they're called, no, I will not continue to eat them. What a horrible name!
ReplyDeleteOn a different note: Beast's make-over is amazing! I'd never know it was him!
MR. DeVICE: What will you do with your phloem bundles?
DeleteFlick them at innocent bystanders?
I certainly do not. There are plenty of "rich sources" of this and that which I never put in mouth.
ReplyDeletePEENEE: This is rich coming from a man whose primary diet is taco-flavoured food.
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