March 15, 2002, 23:38
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Banana: who started it?
Who's the creative genius that started using "banana" as an option in the polls? I think it's either Stefu or Snapcase, but I am not sure.
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March 16, 2002, 00:25
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No im not sure who t was. When the forum switched to VBB I just remember the one poll with 16 options.
He didnt know how to use it with only 3. So he did
1)Yes
2)no
3)Niether
4)Banana-16)Banana
That was the first one I ever saw.
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March 16, 2002, 07:26
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The question is covered in the Faces of Apolyton interview with Stefu, to come on March 26 (or next Tuesday, if Ming doesn't come). A clear explanation there, but I'll remain silent  .
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March 16, 2002, 11:44
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March 16, 2002, 11:57
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Stefu is the answer.
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March 16, 2002, 12:33
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Chris 62, I must have got Ming interview today!
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March 16, 2002, 14:24
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Erober has claimed a couple of times he was the first one to have add the banana option in a poll.
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March 16, 2002, 15:03
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Do you know about the number threads that were in Nov December or January when it was started? If so- I know that I have the thread saved on my computer and can dig it up 
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March 16, 2002, 15:11
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The best I can do is this thread:
37539.htm
It wasn't the first, but it was one of the first.
"Which is your favorite planet" by MasterBob the Elder.
In 10-dec-02
I seem to remember that Banana was started as a psychological poll test
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March 16, 2002, 16:00
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Originally posted by Solver
Chris 62, I must have got Ming interview today!
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We got interupted about half way through earlier this week.
We will hopefully finish up the interview part sometime today, or that's what we planned
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March 16, 2002, 18:49
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Its a given that each forum must have its unique "gibberish" option on polls. Its a sign of indiviual collectivism.
(Yes that was supposed to be gibberish.... )
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March 16, 2002, 20:13
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Originally posted by faded glory
He didnt know how to use it with only 3. So he did
1)Yes
2)no
3)Niether
4)Banana-16)Banana
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And hurray for creativity! 
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March 16, 2002, 20:32
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Ming is right, the interview portion is done, now I have to do the final draft, which Ming must approve, it will be ready for publication by Monday, best we can do.
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March 17, 2002, 12:45
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long story... well not really... too tired to explain... wait for interview... wait.. damn...
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March 18, 2002, 03:35
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I remember the thread where it was first started. The thread was discussing (whining ) about the use of the last option of a poll as a nonsense option, which skews the results of the poll. The final option of the poll in this thread was banana, which the majority voted for. It used my "Who's your favorite moderator?" poll as an example. It was argued that Ming, who did win, should have won my a much larger margins, and would have if there was no nonsense option.
I think it is now clear, that I am the originator of the banana option.
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March 18, 2002, 22:31
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...and then Snapcase or someone posted the psychologial tests with 16 bannanas which prompted users to pick one. This prompted users to create many other nonesense fruit polls and prompted Ming to ban about 9 users for 24 hours
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March 19, 2002, 07:13
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I somehow remember technophile/loinburger as being (one of) the first to use the banana option... At least he did post some sort of a banana-related poll once upon a time.
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March 20, 2002, 23:33
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however, he is better known for his thread:
"Which technophile is your favorite"
technophile the dapper gentleman
technophile the...
and it went on like that
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Yes, I believe he was banned for the bananas He may not have been though, you may want to ask him...
I think the list went something like this:
Snapcase
Imran
technophile (???)
Stefu (???)
-I remember that we were calling it either Pollgate or Bananagate at the time
I did my best to get banned as well- but didn't succeed 
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March 21, 2002, 06:08
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I have been told by a certain former poster that GOD started the Banana. 
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