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Just desserts Time for me to take a break from all this lofty philosophising about the state of the world and indulge in a little bit of schoolboy humour, made possible by this BBC report on the death of the former Zimbabwean President, Canaan Banana:
A former Methodist minister, professor of theology and diplomat, he was 67 years old. He leaves four adult children and a wife with whom he separated in 2000.
The Bananas Split!
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Wife gone; husband dead.
Sing: “Yes, We Have No Bananas”.
Ugh. I can’t believe you tricked me into reading that. I feel less witty for having done so. You bastard, David!! 🙂
I recall reading in some Harper’s Index column long ago that could get something like a 20-year prison sentence in Zimbabwe for making fun of his name.
Maybe it was because the mister felt the missus lost a peel.
Two can play this game!
no one noticed the canann the banana? what’s the point of food inspections if canes can be stuffed in bunches of bananas without the government noticing? you can go harare at me if you want, but this is important, damn it all!
Does that mean that Canaan has been salis-bury’d?