Re: Bananas
arved_grass
After spending significantly more time researching this than I did computing the average weight of lead lost on California's roads, I concur. I couldn't find a single reference to anything other than "subservient role" such as the straight man in a comedy routine.
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Failing a reputable citation, my conclusion: Tim's pulling out leg. Arved Grass Arved_Grass@... or Arved@... Fleming Island, Florida -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 1/21/15, Andy Sperandeo asperandeo@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Bananas To: "STMFC@..." <STMFC@...> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 12:06 PM "This is the origin of the term 'second banana.'" Sounds more like some original baloney to me. "Top banana," etc., are show-biz terms dating to the old vaudeville days. 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