Going bananas

You Are a Banana

You are mellow, easy going, and a total softie on the inside. People find it really easy to get along with you. You suit most tastes. And while you're very sweet, you're not boring or ordinary. You have an attraction to the exotic, and you could show up anywhere... doing almost anything! You are spirited, energetic, and a total kick to be around. You're also quite funny. Your sense of humor is on the goofy side, and it fits you well.

What Type of Fruit Are You?

OK, this made me laugh because it's so far off the mark on many counts. I do adore bananas, though. Oh, yeah. Yummy, yummy stuff.

Each one of us goes bananas at one time or another - and I don't mean we go crazy for the fruit. We just go crazy. But what seems crazy to me might seem commonplace to you, or it might elicit another reaction altogether. For instance, a friend of mine and his brothers and sister used to go bananas playing booger tag when they were kids. Now I can understand how such an activity can be both sweet and disgusting at the same time. Only people who are so comfortable with each other, who enjoy an easy intimacy, can engage in such a barbaric act and laugh their asses off and love each other all the more in spite of - or perhaps because of - it.

That said, I never indulged in that particular game during my childhood. Well, one of my brothers once flicked a booger at me, which landed on my thigh. I went ballistic. He had the grace to remove it, after he had his fill of rolling on the floor, laughing until he was hiccupping, at the sight of me jumping around trying to dislodge it without actually touching it, and not succeeding.

My friend and his siblings stopped playing booger tag after puberty. But I think they still play fart games whenever they get together. Oh the joys of childhood, how they can endure. May the gross kid in each of us never fade. Banana in hand or not.