Bananas in the Refrigerator??? And other interesting questions...

PrettyKitty · #1 09-26-2003, 05:17 PM

My roommate came home and put a banana in the refrigerator along with some other fruit and I took it out. I proceeded to tell her that bananas should not go in the refrigerator and then in the middle of our discussion about it, I said, I don't even know if their is a logical reason why...I just remember my mom saying that they did not go there and that it would spoil the rest of the food...does anyone else know why?

When you were little...did you mom or dad have interesting little things they told you if you did certain things...

ex...My mom told me if I walked around with no shoes on, my feet would get big

jll79 · #2 09-26-2003, 06:12 PM

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Originally posted by PrettyKitty

ex...My mom told me if I walked around with no shoes on, my feet would get big

My mother told me the same thing.
She also told me that I can get electricuted(sp?)while being on the phone during a thunder/lightning storm.

BirthaBlue4 · #3 09-26-2003, 07:28 PM

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Originally posted by PrettyKitty
I just remember my mom saying that they did not go there and that it would spoil the rest of the food...does anyone else know why?

Well, I know that you're not supposed to put fruit in the refridgerator until they are completely ripened. Putting them in the fridge stops whatever process it is that ripens them. Putting them in a brown paper bag allows the ripening process to continue. I think the fruit emits something once ripened that may reek havoc with the other foods. I've seen a special on this but don't remember all the details verbatim.

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ex...My mom told me if I walked around with no shoes on, my feet would get big

With this one, the only thing that sound logical is that by wearing shoes, you prevent your feet from spreading too wide. But foot size is genetic,and you can't cheat your DNA, so I don't see how this might work out.

Intense1920 · #4 09-26-2003, 08:23 PM

I don't know about the bananas spoiling anything but I just don't want cold brown bananas. LOL

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Originally posted by jll79

She also told me that I can get electricuted(sp?)while being on the phone during a thunder/lightning storm.

This can happen if you are on a corded telephone during a storm.

Honeykiss1974 · #5 09-26-2003, 10:52 PM

BirthaBlue is right about the bananas. I put mine in the fridge because they keep longer and I do not like ripe bananas. Now that I think about it, I keep all my fruit in the fridge.

Here are mine:
~Do walk outside barefoot after its rain because worms will get in your body through your feet.

~Don't let two people work on your hair at the same time (i.e. braiding). It will cause your hair to fallout (bad luck I guess)

~A spoonful of castor oil will keep your from getting sick. Ever.

PrettyKitty · #6 09-27-2003, 01:30 PM

Interesting...

Here is another...
Don't sleep with your mouth open b/c a cat might steal your breath...

Special1920 · #7 09-27-2003, 11:11 PM

-don't eat watermelon and drink alcohol you will die in your sleep.
-don't wash your hair while on your period(great grandmother)
-burn your hair from hairbrush, if a bird gets it, then it will drive you crazy.

Honeykiss1974 · #8 09-28-2003, 12:18 AM

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Originally posted by Special1920

-don't wash your hair while on your period(great grandmother)

This reminded me of something my great aunt said:
-Only take a shower during your period. A bath will make your period "last longer".

zetalady4life · #9 09-29-2003, 11:04 AM

Here's another:

If you drink coffee, it will make you "black"

treblk · #10 09-29-2003, 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by PrettyKitty
Interesting...

Here is another...
Don't sleep with your mouth open b/c a cat might steal your breath...

oh my goodness, I remember seeing a movie about this on Disney or something!!!

don't cross your eye, it may get stuck that way

Gyrl7 · #11 10-17-2003, 10:03 AM

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Originally posted by msmotivation
Here are two

1) Dont let a pregnant woman touch your hair. If you do it will fall out.

2) Dont talk about people with disabilities, your kids might come out that way

My mother never told me these things. Its just something Ive heard from other people. Crazy huh?

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No crazier than:

After combing or brushing your hair whatever is left in the comb should be flushed down the toilet because it's good luck for your hair and it will make it grow...............hasn't worked for me.....

soulfulremix · #12 10-19-2003, 12:50 PM

These are so funny.

I have never heard the banana one but I hate cold bananas and we don't put them in the refrigerator at my house.

The barefeet/shoe size one is always said in my house. My mother would swear that my big feet are attributed to the fact that I ran around as a child without shoes on.

I have never heard the hair one but I do take the hair from my brushes and throw it away.

-soulfulremix

msmotivation · #13 10-23-2003, 07:25 AM

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Originally posted by Gyrl7
No crazier than:

After combing or brushing your hair whatever is left in the comb should be flushed down the toilet because it's good luck for your hair and it will make it grow...............hasn't worked for me.....

No, you got me on that one !!!!

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